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Receipt for five capita of chaff TM 34605Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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An ostracon receipt in which Apollon acknowledges receiving five capita of chaff, delivered by Likinnios on behalf of Heraklammon son of Soterichos, in a 12th indiction year. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

I have received through Likinnios on behalf of Heraklammon son of Soterichos five capita of chaff. I, Apollon, have signed. 12th indiction.

A caput (Greek kapiton) was a unit of fodder ration used in late Roman military and fiscal supply; chaff was delivered as animal fodder.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu de paille). 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)

ἔσχον διὰ Λικιννίου ὑπὲρ Ἡρακλάμμωνος Σωτηρίχου ἀχύρου κάπιτα πέντε . σεσημείωμαι ἐγὼ Ἀπόλλων, ιβ ἰνδικτίωνος