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Receipt by a legionary optio for Syrian cloaks from the cloak-makers TM 23658Oxyrhynchos

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A receipt issued by Claudius Germanus, an optio (junior officer) of the Third Cyrenaican legion, to the cloak-makers' guild of Oxyrhynchus, acknowledging delivery of 55 large Syrian cloaks and confirming full payment. It dates to year 17 of Antoninus Pius, probably AD 154.

In English machine translation

Claudius Germanus, optio of the legion III Cyrenaica, to the cloak-makers of the metropolis of the Oxyrhynchite nome, through Theon son of Ophelion. I have received the fifty-five large Syrian cloaks which I commissioned from you, the price of which I have also paid you in full. Year 17 of Imperator Antoninus the lord, Mesore 22.

"Syriai" were a type of heavy cloak or blanket supplied for military use; "kassopoioi" were makers of such coarse garments. Conversion to AD 154 assumes the emperor is Antoninus Pius.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Military Clothing). 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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p.oxy.64.4434

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchos

Κλαύδιος Γερμανὸς ὀπτίων λεγιῶνος γ Κυρηναϊκῆς κασσοποιοῖς μητροπόλεως Ὀξυρυγχίτου διὰ Θέωνος Ὠφελίωνος. παρέλαβον τὰς συρίας μεγάλας πεντήκοντα πέντε ἃς ἐξέδωκα ὑμῖν ὧν καὶ τὴν τιμὴν ὑμῖν ἐκ πλήρους ἀπέδωκα. ἔτους ιζ Αὐτοκράτορος Ἀντωνίνου τοῦ κυρίου, Μεσορὴ κβ.