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λ…ας κυεσσωνάριοι λίτραι ϛ, κλαουικουλάριοι λίτραι δ, βοηθοὶ κλαουικουλαρίων λίτραι δ, κουροπερσοναρίων καὶ βοηθῶν λίτραι η, πρέκονες λίτραι δ, κούρσορες λίτραι δ, Ἀπολλῶ καὶ Θεοδόσιος λίτραι η [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 37928
Account of allocations in pounds to office staff TM 37928OxyrhynchosVI
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An account listing allocations in pounds, apparently of food, to various grades of officials and staff of a late Roman administrative office, such as jailers' assistants, heralds and runners. It comes from Oxyrhynchus and dates to the 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…]
quaestionarii, 6 pounds,
clavicularii, 4 pounds,
assistants of the clavicularii, 4 pounds,
of the curae personarum and assistants, 8 pounds,
heralds (praecones), 4 pounds,
cursores, 4 pounds,
Apollo and Theodosios, 8 pounds
[…]
The titles are Latin terms for officials in Greek spelling: quaestionarii (interrogators), clavicularii (keepers of the keys or jailers), cursores (messengers) and officials 'in charge of persons', the last rendered only approximately. The first line is illegible and the end of the list is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Food). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.