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Dekania account of grain issued to men under Pisiphmois TM 89232This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.A.D. 50 - 75

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Fragmentary ostracon account of a dekania (a group of ten men under a decurion) headed by Pisiphmois, listing members and quantities of wheat and barley in artabas. Found in a Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea, AD 50-75.

In English machine translation

(Decurion) Pisiphmois son of P[…] Peteesis son of Paeris […] ⟦Petearpochrates son of Phiomis […]⟧ (Total) 2 artabas of wheat, of barley […] Miresis son of Eponychos 2 artabas […] ⟦Harmiysis son of Paeris 5 artabas […]⟧ […] […]

A dekanos (decurion) headed a dekania, a work or service group; two entries were struck through by the scribe.

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

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · Inv. BE99-29-015 · A.D. 50 - 75 · This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.

Dekania Account

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Account

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · Inv. BE00-33-032 · A.D. 50 - 75 · This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.

Account

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o.berenike.2.206

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · A.D. 50 - 75 · This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.

δεκανὸς Πισιφμόις Π[…] Πετεῆσις Παήρεως […] γίνονται πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι β, κριθῆς […] Μιρῆσις Ἐπωνύχου ἀρτάβας β […] … …[…] [… ? lines lost …]