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† κούρσωρσι τετρακνίδιον α πραίκωσι τετρακνίδιον α δημίοις τετρακνίδιον α κλαουϊκουλαρίοις τετρακνίδιον α κουροπερσοναρίοις τετρακνίδιον α Μηνᾷ καὶ Ἰσὰκ βοηθοῖς σιγγουλαρίου τετρακνίδιον α
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Account of wine jars issued to officials' staff TM 38342OxyrhynchosVI
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A short account listing issues of wine (one four-knidion jar each) to various minor officials of a governor's staff, such as couriers, heralds, executioners and jailers, and to two assistants of a singularius. It comes from Oxyrhynchus and dates to the 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
† To the cursores, 1 four-knidion jar
To the praecones, 1 four-knidion jar
To the executioners, 1 four-knidion jar
To the clavicularii, 1 four-knidion jar
To the curae personarum officials (?), 1 four-knidion jar
To Menas and Isak,
assistants of the singularius,
1 four-knidion jar
The tetrakni(dion) is a wine container holding four knidia; the commodity itself is not named. The titles are Latin office terms in Greek spelling (cursores, praecones, clavicularii, singularius); the reading 'curae personarum' for kouropersonarioi is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Payments in Kind). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.