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An ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert listing men, probably soldiers, with their fathers' names or Roman names and their origins (Thracian, Pselkis, Ituraean, Lusitanian, Cilician). It dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD.
The origin labels suggest a military roster; Pselkis is a site in Lower Nubia. The ordinals 'second' and 'third' distinguish men sharing the same name, and the abbreviation read as 'Ituraean' is the editor's expansion.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Listes de noms). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] …[…] Ἰσίδωρος […] Διογένης Ἐπωνύχου Θρᾷξ Βησαρίων Σαβίνου Ψελκίτης Ἰούλιος Ἑρμῖνος Ψελκίτης Δράκων Θέονος Ψελκίτης Ἰούλιος Λεωνίδης δεύτερος Εἰτουραῖος Ἰούλιος Οὐίνδιξ Λυσιτανός Αὐρήλιος Ἀμμων Κίλιξ Ἰούλιος Μέλας τρίτος Εἰτουραῖος
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