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Account of wheat in artabas and matia TM 34622Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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A short ostracon account of wheat listing amounts against several names, measured in artabas and matia by the landowner's measure. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

Apollos: wheat, by the landowner's measure, 2 artabas 6 matia Our…: 3 matia Pa…: wheat, by the landowner's measure, 2 artabas 6 matia […] the dromedary-man (?): 8 matia.

The "landowner's measure" (geouchikon metron) was a measure used on large estates; the mation was a small dry measure, a fraction of an artaba. The abbreviation read as "dromedarios" may designate a camel driver or a camel itself.

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 blé). 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)

Ἀπολλῶ σίτου γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ ἀρτάβαι β μάτια ϛ Οὐρ… μάτια γ Πα… σίτου γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ ἀρτάβαι β μάτια ϛ […] δρομεδάριος μάτια η.