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[…]οῦθις […]…εταριου […]ετρον…ι […]ἰνδικτίονος […]… ἀδελφ… […]άριος Ἀσφύνιος […]μοδίους καστρησίους […]τεσσαράκοντα γίνονται μόδιοι μ μόνοι […]σεσημείωμαι[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34349
Order for delivery of 40 castrensian modii TM 34349Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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A fragmentary ostracon, apparently an order for payment or delivery of 40 castrensian modii (probably of grain) dated by indiction, ending with a signature. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…]outhis
[…]…etarios(?)
[…]etron…i
[…] indiction
[…]… brother(?)
[…]arios son of Asphynis(?)
[…] castrensian modii
[…] forty, total 40 modii only.
[…] I have signed. […]
The castrensian modius was a military measure of volume used in late Roman army supply. The number forty is partly restored but confirmed by the numeral 40 in the total.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordre de paiement). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.