Order for delivery of army rations to the soldiers of Antaiopolis TM 20948Antaiopolisca. Dez. 542

An order issued under the authority of the governor of the Thebaid instructing a village to deliver wheat and the wine-and-meat allowance owed as rations to the soldiers of the unit stationed at Antaiopolis, for the second four-month period of the sixth indiction. It dates to about December 542 and comes from Antaiopolis.

In English machine translation

Oinokreas was a military allowance for wine and meat, usually commuted to money, so the units of the 8,750 are not stated. The prodelegatus was the official responsible for collecting and distributing military supplies.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Heereslieferungen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.