One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34428

Order to supply five annona rations of bread TM 34428Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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An ostracon from Kysis in the Great Oasis containing an order to supply five annona rations of bread to someone. It dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

Poly[…] … Provide […] five [annona rations] of bread […] Total: bread annona rations […] 5 only. I have signed (?) […]

Annona here means a standard ration allowance, usually issued to soldiers or officials. The addressee's name and the recipient are lost.

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.

o.douch.2.93

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

Πολυ[…] … παράσχου …ι…ηρι ἄρτου ἀννώνας[…] πέντε γίνονται ἄρτου ἀννῶναι […] ε μόναι. σεσημείωμαι […]