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Order from the diadochos Horos to deliver bread rations to Viktor TM 34506Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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An ostracon order for payment in kind from Horos, deputy (diadochos), instructing Peteuris to give Viktor five annona rations of bread. It belongs to the dossier of Horos from Kysis in the Great Oasis, 4th to early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

Horos, diadochos, to Peteuris. Give to Viktor five rations of bread, five only. I have signed (?).

Annona here means a ration unit of bread, often for soldiers or officials. Diadochos denotes a deputy or successor in office and has no exact English equivalent.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Dossier du diadochos Hôros (ordres 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)

Ὧρος διάδοχος Πετεύρει. δὸς Βίκτωρι ἄρτου ἀννώνας πέντε μόνας. σεσημείωμαι.