o.waqfa.36
ἔσχον διὰ γυναικὸς Πεχρητ ὑπὲρ γεούχου Κλεοβούλου ἀχύρου κάπιτα εἴκοσι γίνεται κάπιτα κ. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ Ἀπόλλων Ἰσοκράτους διαδότης ιβ ἰνδικτίωνος
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34241
Receipt for chaff delivered on behalf of the landowner Kleoboulos TM 34241Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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An ostracon receipt in which Apollon son of Isokrates, a distributor, acknowledges receiving 20 capita (rations) of chaff delivered by a woman named Pechret for the landowner Kleoboulos. It dates to a 12th indiction year in the second half of the 4th century AD, from Ain Waqfa in the Great Oasis.
In English machine translation
I have received through the woman Pechret, on behalf of the landowner Kleoboulos, twenty capita of chaff, total 20 capita. Signed by me,
Apollon son of Isokrates, distributor.
12th indiction.
A capitum was a unit of fodder ration in the late Roman supply system; the diadotes was the official who distributed such supplies, usually to soldiers.
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.