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An account of meat supplied on Choiak 30 to a unit of Dalmatian soldiers commanded by the praepositus Lupianus, delivered through the optio Disoras. It lists six weighed lots in pounds and allocates heads and feet to three officers. Late 3rd to 4th century AD, Oxyrhynchite nome.
"Weighing" renders zygon, literally "balance" or "yoke"; it probably denotes a weighed lot of meat. "Heads and feet" (podokephala) were offal portions given as perquisites to the officers: praepositus (commander), princeps and primicerius (senior officers).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Military Supplies). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Χοίακ λ. Δαλμάταις τοῖς ὑπὸ Λουπιανὸν πραιπόσιτον διὰ Δισορᾶ ὀπτίωνος. α ζυγοῦ λίτραι νε, β ζυγοῦ λίτραι νε, γ ζυγοῦ λίτραι νγ, δ ζυγοῦ λίτραι ν, ε ζυγοῦ λίτραι ν, ϛ ζυγοῦ λίτραι μθ. ποδοκεφάλων ὁμοίως· πραιποσίτῳ α, πρίγκιπι α, πριμικηρίῳ α.
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