o.did.77
[…]υ ἱππέως ἄρτους ϛ Οὐαλερᾶτος ἰατροῦ ἄρτους ϛ Οὐαλερίου Μαξίμου ἱππέως ἄρτους β πλατις
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An ostracon account from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert recording rations of bread loaves assigned to individual soldiers, including two cavalrymen and a doctor named Valeras.
The final word 'platis' is of uncertain meaning and is left untranslated. The beginning of the first line, with the first soldier's name, is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Comptes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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