An ostracon account from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert listing men, many of them Aurelii and Julii, with quantities in artabas, probably of grain, issued or owed to each. One entry records 2 artabas for Postulas, described as a gladiator.
In English machine translation
Aurelius Eponychos 2 artabas, Aurelius Eudaimon 2 artabas,
Aurelius Chairemon 2 artabas, Aurelius Isidoros 2 artabas,
Pakybis Isidoros 2 artabas, Syros Kasianos 2 artabas,
Julius Herakles 1 artaba, Eponychos Memnon 1 artaba, Julius Tyrannos 1 artaba
Komaros son of Komaros … 1/2 artabas, Didymos son of Kopres 1 1/2 artabas
Annis A…s 1 1/2 artabas, Ph[…]…nis Petosiris 1 1/2 artabas
…at… 1/2 […] Julianus 1/2
To Postulas the gladiator 2 artabas […]
o…eino[…]geirou artabas […]
The commodity measured in artabas is not named but is probably grain. The word monomachos ('gladiator') is partly restored.
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.