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Order from Peteuris to supply bread to Kelolios TM 34689Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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An ostracon order from Peteuris, an overseer, instructing someone to supply twenty-three units, probably of annona (ration) bread, to a man named Kelolios. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] Peteuris, overseer (epimeletes), [to …]: provide to Kelolios [of annona bread] twenty-three, total […] […] … I have signed.

The commodity 'annona bread' is an editorial restoration; annona refers to rations issued to soldiers or officials.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ordre de paiement). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

o.douch.3.337

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV - Anfang V · Kysis (Oasis Magna)

[…]Πετεῦρις ἐπιμελητὴς […]παράσχου Κελωλίῳ ἄρτου ἀννώνας εἴκοσι τρεῖς γίνονται […]… σεσημείωμαι