List of Names ?
List of names, perhaps of liturgical workers ?
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A short ostracon listing six men's names, some with their fathers' names. It was probably written at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome (Fayum) in the early 4th century AD, perhaps as a list of men assigned to compulsory public work.
The purpose of the list is not stated. The suggestion that these were men doing compulsory public service (liturgies) is a guess. The genitive Aphrodiskou on line 5 may be a patronymic belonging with Ptolemaios or Billas rather than a separate name.
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 Names ?). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
List of names, perhaps of liturgical workers ?
Γερμανός Καναοῦτ Ἁρπάλου Πτολεμαῖος Βιλλᾶς Ἀκατᾶ Ἀφροδίσκου Ἄριος Ὀννίννου
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