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Account of wheat paid by six men on behalf of Ioannes TM 34448Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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An ostracon account of wheat listing six men, each credited with 2 artabas and 5 matia, on behalf of a certain Ioannes. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

On behalf of Ioannes: Abraham, wheat, 2 artabas 5 matia Piyris, 2 artabas 5 matia Pakysis, 2 artabas 5 matia Psenosiris, 2 artabas 5 matia Panapis, 2 artabas 5 matia Plousi(?), 2 artabas 5 matia

The matia (metron) was a small dry measure, a fraction of an artaba. The last name, Plousi, is written without a full ending and may be abbreviated.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Compte de blé). 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)

ὑπὲρ Ἰωαννίου Ἀβραὰμ σίτου ἀρτάβαι β μάτια ε Πιύριος ἀρτάβαι β μάτια ε Πακύσιος ἀρτάβαι β μάτια ε Ψενοσίριος ἀρτάβαι β μάτια ε Πανάπιος ἀρτάβαι β μάτια ε Πλουσι ἀρτάβαι β μάτια ε