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Account of bread rations TM 32237ElephantineIII - IV

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A fragmentary ostracon account of bread from Elephantine, dating to the 3rd or 4th century AD. Each line lists a person (several identified as son of Sarapis), a figure of 20, 4 loaves of bread and a further entry of 4.

In English machine translation

[…] of Sarapis […] 20 […] bread 4, 4 kollyba (?) […] …empautos 20, bread 4, 4 kollyba (?) […] of Sarapis 20, bread 4, 4 kollyba (?) […] of Sarapis, bread 4, 4 kollyba (?) […] empautos 20, bread 4, 4 kollyba (?) […] of the same 20, [bread 4], 4 kollyba (?) […] […]

The abbreviation 'κα' is uncertain; it may stand for kollyba (small coins) or another unit. 'Empautos' seems to be part of a name or term whose sense is unclear.

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

o.eleph.wagner.109

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III - IV · Elephantine

[…] τοῦ Σαράπιδος …υαιου κ […]ἄρτος δ κα δ […]…εμπαυτος κ ἄρτος δ κα δ […]Σαράπιδος κ ἄρτος δ κα δ […]Σαράπιδοςἄρτος δ κα δ […]εμπαυτος κ ἄρτος δ κα δ […]αὐτοῦ κ ἄρτος δ κα δ […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]