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ἐσχον διὰΨαις κουράτορος ἀχύρου κάπιτα πέντε . σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ Ἀπίων χαρτουλάριος τοῦ γεούχου Κλεοβούλου …
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34243
Receipt for five capita of chaff delivered through Psais TM 34243Ain Waqfa (Oasis Magna)2. Hälfte IV
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Receipt on an ostracon acknowledging delivery of five capita (rations) of chaff through Psais, the curator, signed by Apion, clerk of the landowner Kleoboulos. It comes from Ain Waqfa in the Great Oasis, second half of the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
I have received through Psais, curator, five capita of chaff.
I, Apion, chartularius of the landowner Kleoboulos, have signed.
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Capita (kapita) were units of fodder rations, often for military or animal supply; a chartularius was a clerk or record-keeper, here working for a large landowner (geouchos).
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.