A fragmentary ostracon account recording quantities of grain in artabas and matia, some for a price and some for use. It mentions a landowner's measure and the community of Kysis, and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
artabas
[…] for the price […]
[…] I requested (?) 8 artabas
8 artabas
4 artabas
7 artabas
[verso]
[…]
[…] measure […]
[…] for use
[…] 2 matia for use […]
[…] price
[…] 2 matia; of grain, … matia […]
[…] 2 matia, by the landowner's measure, Plout[…]
[…] 4
[…] of the lord […]
[…] of annona (?), 1 artaba
1 artaba
[…] measure […]
[…] of the community of Kysis […]
[…] the brother […]
[…]
The matia (sing. mation) was a local dry measure smaller than the artaba. The readings 'I requested' and 'annona' are uncertain interpretations of abbreviated words.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Compte en artabes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.