o.did.143
[… ? lines lost …] στρατιώτης χώρτης γ Ἰτουραίων ἑκατονταρχίας Α…[…] δ…υς ει
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A small fragment of an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in Egypt's Eastern Desert, naming a soldier of the third cohort of Ituraeans and his century. The purpose of the text cannot be determined.
The cohors III Ituraeorum was an auxiliary unit stationed in Roman Egypt. The centurion's name survives only as its first letter, A.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Textes de nature indéterminée). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] στρατιώτης χώρτης γ Ἰτουραίων ἑκατονταρχίας Α…[…] δ…υς ει
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