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An ostracon with two lists of names, each followed by an amount: on one side small coins (kermata) assigned to five men including a village headman, on the other numbers of annonae (rations) for about a dozen people. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
A kerma is a small copper coin; annona here denotes a ration allowance. Whether the people listed receive or pay these amounts is not stated, though the records describe them as beneficiaries.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deux listes de bénéficiaires). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Ποῦς κέρματα γ Βίκτωρ κωμάρχης κέρμα α Ἐσκαῶθις Χολ κέρμα α Βίκτωρ Νείων κέρμα α Ἀβραὰμ …νης κέρμα α [v] Πάνει …[…] …ς ἀννῶναι ιγ Δῖος Ταβῆ ἀννῶναι γ Ἁρποκρᾶς ἀννῶναι γ Βίκτωρ Πα ἀννῶναι ιβ Πόστουμος ἀννῶναι ϛ Βίκτωρ Ταῆυ ἀννῶναι ϛ Πατεχοῦμ ϛ Ταεῦς ϛ Δῖος Βῆς γ Ἄμμων δ
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