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Account of barley in matia for five men TM 144660DidymoiEnde II - Mitte III

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An ostracon account from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert listing five men and the quantities of barley, measured in matia, assigned to or received by each. It dates from the late 2nd to mid 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

Paniskos, 4 1/2 matia Kopres, 8 matia Paschouen, 5 matia Apeous, 6 matia Drakon, 6 matia of barley

The mation is a small dry measure, a fraction of an artaba. The final word 'of barley' applies to the whole list.

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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Ende II - Mitte III · Didymoi

Πανίσκος μάτια δ ἥμισυ Κοπρῆς μάτια η Πασχουην μάτια ε Απηοῦς μάτια ϛ Δράκων μάτια ϛ κριθῆς