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Order from Horos to Peteuris for bread rations for Gerontios TM 34507Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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An ostracon order from Horos, a deputy (diadochos), instructing Peteuris to issue twenty bread rations to Gerontios. It belongs to a dossier of payment orders issued by Horos at Kysis in the Kharga Oasis, from the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

Horos, deputy, to Peteuris. Give to Gerontios twenty rations (annonae) of bread only. […]

Annona here refers to a ration allowance, typically for soldiers or officials. Diadochos, rendered 'deputy', denotes a substitute or successor in an office.

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 Γεροντίῳ ἄρτου ἀννώνας εἴκοσι μόνας. [… ? lines lost …]