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Διογένους ἐρεβίνθια καὶ σταφυλίων μέτρον α - Δράκοντος μονομάχου …α …επειγο ε ἐλαίου κοτύλη α
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Account of chickpeas, grapes and oil for Diogenes and Drakon TM 144649Didymoi
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A short ostracon account from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert listing small quantities of foodstuffs (chickpeas, grapes, oil) under the names of Diogenes and Drakon, the latter described as a gladiator.
In English machine translation
Of Diogenes: chickpeas
and grapes, 1 measure
-
Of Drakon
the gladiator […]
[…]
[…] of oil
1 kotyle
Monomachos literally means 'single combatant', usually a gladiator, though here it may be a nickname. The lines after it are largely illegible.
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.