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[r] ἔσχον διὰ Ψαις σούμμου ὑπὲρ εἴλης ἀχύρου κάπιτα πέντε . σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ Ἀπόλλων ἐπιμελητὴς ιβ ἰνδικτίωνος διʼ ἐμοῦ Μάγνου ἀδελφοῦ [v] ὑπὲρ γεούχου Κλεοβούλου
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34240
Receipt for chaff delivered for a cavalry unit TM 34240Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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Ostracon receipt for five capita (rations) of chaff delivered through Psais for a cavalry unit (ala), signed by Apollon, the curator responsible in a 12th indiction year, through his brother Magnus. The back notes that the delivery was made on behalf of the landowner Kleoboulos. It comes from Ain Waqfa in the Great Oasis, second half of the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
I have received through Psais the soldier (?), for the ala, of chaff 5 rations (capita).
I, Apollon, curator of the 12th indiction, have signed,
through me, Magnus, his brother.
[verso]
On behalf of the landowner Kleoboulos
The abbreviation read as sou(mmou) is uncertain; it may designate Psais as a soldier or a function. A 'capitum' was a unit of fodder or rations for one animal or man in late Roman military supply.
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.