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Βικλᾶς πορταρῆσις Ἀβραὰμ ὀπτίων Σαρ Σανσνο͂ τεσσελάριος Ἰσὰκ τεσσελάριος Δῖος Πτῆς Ἀβραὰμ πορταρῆσις
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34376
List of soldiers with their ranks TM 34376Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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An ostracon listing six soldiers with their ranks or posts, including gatekeepers, an optio and two tesserarii. It comes from the fortress of Kysis (Douch) in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
Biklas, gatekeeper
Abraham, optio, Sar[…]
Sansnos, tesserarius
Isak, tesserarius
Dios, son of Ptes (?)
Abraham, gatekeeper
Portaresis (gatekeeper), optio and tesserarius are Latin military terms for junior posts in a late Roman garrison. The 'Sar' after the optio's name is unexplained and may be the start of a name or an abbreviation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Liste de militaires). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.