Tuesday, July 11, 2017

To you, in a sack from Briga










Found poem:
 
To you, in a sack from Briga (likewise to myself)

                 Account of wheat 
                 measured out from that which
                 I myself have put into the barrel:
to myself for bread, 5 pecks
to Felicius Victor 
                 on the order of Spectatus, 
                 26 provided as a loan
                 to the oxherds at the wood, 
8 pecks likewise to Amabilis
at the shrine September
to Crescens on the order of Firmus, 3
likewise to father
to Lu the beneficiary, 6
to Felicius Victor for twisted loaves
to you, 15
to legionary soldiers on the order of Firmus, 11
to Candidus, to you, in a sack from Briga
to you
to Lucco, in charge of the pigs, 3
to Primus, slave of Lucius, 7
to you
to Lucco, for his own use, 9
              likewise that which I have sent
              in the century of Voturius 
to father, in charge of the oxen
              likewise within the measure
              likewise to myself, for bread