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Order to deliver bread rations to Iakob TM 34459Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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A short order on an ostracon from Horion, an optio (military supply officer), instructing the curator Latos to issue 17 rations (annonae) of bread to Iakob. It was written at Kysis in the Great Oasis in the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

Horion, optio, to Latos, curator. Give to Iakob of bread 17 annonae, total 17 only. I have signed. Hathyr 4.

The annona was a ration unit for soldiers and officials. The number seventeen in words is restored from the numeral that follows it.

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.

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

Ὡρίων ὀπτίων Λάτῳ ἐπιμελητῇ. δὸς Ἰακῶβ ἄρτου ἀννώνας δέκα ἑπτὰ γίνονται ιζ μόναι. σεσημείωμαι. Ἁθὺρ δ.