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An ostracon account listing sums of money in drachmas, obols and chalkoi credited to individuals for the months Mecheir to Phamenoth. The names mix Egyptians with Latin names such as Primus and Rufus and a vexillarius (standard-bearer), suggesting a military milieu at Eileithyiopolis (Elkab) in the 2nd century AD.
A vexillarius was a Roman soldier carrying a vexillum (standard) or serving in a detachment. The purpose of the payments is not stated.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Compte d’argent). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[1] μηνὸς Μεχεὶρ ἕως Φαμεννώθ Ψεναπάθης Πεκύσιος δραχμὴν α πεντώβολον Πρῖμος χαλκοῦς 2 Πρεμμαῶς Ὥρου δραχμὴν α ἡμιωβέλιον Ῥοῦφος διώβολον οὐιξιλάρις δραχμὴν α ὀβολὸν Πρεμμαῶς Πετεχνούμιος πεντώβολον Πετεπνούθης Πβῆκις ἡμιωβέλιον Πετεπνούθης Π[…]λεις δραχμὴν α πεντώβολον Στράβος Ἁ…
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