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List of allocations in pounds to soldiers TM 34387Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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An ostracon listing eighteen men, several identified by military rank (camel-riders, optiones, a centurion), each with an amount in pounds. It appears to record allocations to soldiers at Kysis in the Great Oasis in the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

Hatres son of Amonios, 5 1/2 pounds Zacharias the Tentyrite, 2 pounds Xistas, camel-rider, 4 pounds Horion, optio, 3 1/2 pounds Paulos son of Psenouth, 1 pound Ioannes, optio, 6 pounds Mouses, camel-rider, 6 pounds Horion, optio, 2 pounds Dios son of Paph(…), 2 1/2 pounds Plenis son of Ebeus, 3 1/2 pounds Demetrios, 2 pounds Petechnoumis, 2 pounds Philammon, 2 pounds Paulos son of Theon, 4 pounds Etbekis, centurion, 1 pound Kyriakes, 1 pound Alexandros, 1 pound Ioannes son of Onophris, 3 pounds

The commodity measured in pounds (litrai) is not named; meat or another ration is possible. "Dromedarios" denotes a soldier of a camel-mounted unit, and an optio was a junior officer often in charge of supplies.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Liste d’attributions à des 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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV - Anfang V · Kysis (Oasis Magna)

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