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Account of bread rations distributed in pairs TM 144662DidymoiEnde II - Mitte III

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A short ostracon account listing rations of bread (psomia) distributed in pairs to four men, including Paulos the doctor. It comes from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, late 2nd to mid 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

Account of bread loaves (?) Ammonianos, 4 pairs Anoubion, 6 pairs Serenos, 7 pairs Paulos the doctor, 4 pairs

Psomia are morsels or small loaves of bread; zeugos means a pair, here apparently the unit in which loaves were counted.

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

λόγος ψωμίων Ἀμμωνιανὸς ζεύγη δ Ἀνουβίων ζεύγη ϛ Σερῆνος ζεύγη ζ Παῦλος ἰατρὸς ζεύγη δ