One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34532

Account of allocations in pounds to soldiers and others TM 34532Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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A fragmentary ostracon account listing allocations measured in pounds to named individuals, including a soldier and a standard-bearer (signifer). It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

[1] […] […] … […] Panout… […] Tithoes […] 1 pound Sosis, soldier, 20 pounds Hierax, signifer, 1 pound [2] Ti[…] Sour[…] 2 pounds

The commodity measured in pounds (litrai) is not stated. Signifer is a Latin military rank, a standard-bearer, transcribed into Greek.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Compte d’attributions en livres). 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)

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