o.douch.2.61
Ἀβραὰμ ὀπτίων Ἀγαθημέρῳ χαίρειν. ἔσχον καὶ ἐρόγευσα τοῖς σὺν ἐμοὶ κοντουβερναλίοις ἄρτου ἀννώνας χιλίας γίνονται ἄρτου ἀννῶναι Α. σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ Ἀβραὰμ […] ἰνδικτίωνος.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34396
Receipt of an optio for bread rations distributed to soldiers TM 34396Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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Receipt on an ostracon in which Abraham, an optio (junior officer), acknowledges to Agathemeros that he received 1000 rations of bread and distributed them among his fellow soldiers. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
Abraham, optio, to Agathemeros, greetings. I have received and distributed to my fellow soldiers of the tent-group 1000 annonae of bread, total 1000 annonae of bread.
I, Abraham, have signed.
[…] indiction.
Annona here means a standard military ration allowance; contubernales were soldiers sharing a tent or barracks unit. The names Abraham and the 1000 total are partly restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.