One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34487

Order to deliver bread rations to Abraham TM 34487Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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An ostracon order instructing Victor, an official in charge of supplies, to issue 83 bread rations to a man named Abraham. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

[Makaria] to Victor, [epimeletes]. [Give to A]braham 83 [rations] of bread only, total 83 [rations] of bread only. [I have signed (?)] …

The names of the issuer and the recipient, and Victor's title, are largely restored. 'Annona' rations were standard allowances of food.

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)

Μακαρία Βίκτωρι ἐπιμελητῇ. δὸς Ἀβραμὰ ἄρτου ἀννώνας ὀγδοήκοντα τρεῖς μόνας γίνονται ἄρτουἀννῶναι πγ μόναι. σεσημειωμαι …