o.douch.2.117
[…] ὀπτίων. δὸς Ἰωάννῃ ἄρτου ἀννώναςτρεῖς γίνονται γ […]… [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34452
Order to deliver bread rations to Ioannes TM 34452Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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Ostracon with an order from an optio (a military or administrative officer) to issue three bread rations to a man named Ioannes. It comes from Kysis in the Kharga Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] optio. Give
to Ioannes three rations (annonae) of bread, total 3.
[…]
[…]
An annona here is a standard daily ration allowance; the optio was an officer responsible for distributing supplies.
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.