One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34634

Account of amounts in pounds owed or delivered by individuals TM 34634Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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An ostracon listing seven individuals, among them Ioannes, a princeps, each with an amount in pounds (litrai) of an unspecified commodity. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

Ioannes, princeps: 8 1/2 pounds Psais son of Si: 10 pounds Ammon son of Hatres: 9 pounds Phamoule: 5 pounds Lalais: 12 pounds Joseph: 1 1/2 pounds Viktor son of Panos: 2 pounds

The commodity measured in pounds (litrai) is not named. Princeps was a title for a senior officer or official in late Roman administration.

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

Ἰωάννης πρίγκιψ λίτραι η ἥμισυ Ψάις ὁ τοῦ Σι λίτραι ι Ἄμμων Ἁτρήους λίτραι θ Φαμούλη λίτραι ε Λαλάις λίτραι ιβ Ἰωσῆφ λίτραι α ἥμισυ Βίκτωρ Πάνος λίτραι β