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ἔσχον διʼ υἱοῦ Πακω Ψιλιτος ὑπὲρ γεούχου Κλεοβούλου ἀχύρου κάπιτα πέντε . ἐσημειωσάμην ἐγὼ Ἀπόλλων Ἰσοκράτους διαδότης.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34236
Receipt for five capita of chaff paid for the landowner Kleoboulos TM 34236Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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An ostracon receipt in which Apollon son of Isokrates, a distributor, acknowledges receiving five rations (capita) of chaff, delivered through the son of Pako son of Psilis on behalf of the landowner Kleoboulos. It comes from Ain Waqfa in the Great (Kharga) Oasis, second half of the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
I have received through the son of Pako son of Psilis, on behalf of the landowner Kleoboulos, five capita of chaff.
I, Apollon son of Isokrates, distributor, signed.
A caput (kapiton) was a ration unit of fodder, here chaff for military animals; the diadotes was the official who distributed such supplies. The phrase could also mean that Pako's son, not Pako himself, delivered the chaff.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.