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διὰ Πετεχῶντος ἀρτάβαι […] τῷ Βικτωρ …[…] τῇ μοναχῇ μάτι […] σίτου ἀρτάβαι η μάτιον α […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34546
Account of wheat deliveries, including to a nun TM 34546Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V
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A fragmentary ostracon account of grain listing amounts of wheat, in artabas and mation, delivered through Petechon to individuals including a certain Viktor and a nun. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
Through Petechon, artabas […]
To Viktor(?) […]
To the nun, 1 mation(?) […]
Of wheat, 8 artabas, 1 mation […]
The mation is a small dry measure, a fraction of an artaba. The mention of a nun (monache) is an early attestation of female monasticism in the oasis.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Compte de céréales). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.