One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34238

Receipt for five capita of chaff delivered for the landowner Kleoboulos TM 34238Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV

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A short receipt on an ostracon acknowledging delivery of five capita (rations) of chaff, brought by Peeiam on behalf of the landowner Kleoboulos, signed by Apollon. It was written in a 12th indiction year in the second half of the 4th century AD at Ain Waqfa in the Great Oasis.

In English machine translation

I have received through Peeiam, on behalf of the landowner Kleoboulos, five capita of chaff. I, Apollon, have signed. Indiction 12.

A caput (Greek kapita, from Latin capitum) was a unit of fodder ration, typically for military animals. Geouchos means landowner.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Hälfte IV · Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)

ἔσχον διὰ Πεειαμ ὑπὲρ γεούχου Κλεοβούλου ἀχύρου κάπιτα πέντε . σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ Ἀπόλλων ιβ ἰνδικτίωνος