Receipt for tim� purou
A receipt acknowledging a payment of 1400 drachmas by Ptolemaeus, son of Pancrates and father of Isidorus, in the autumn of 283 A.D. It is recorded as a commutation for wheat.
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Receipt for payment of the price of wheat by Ptolemaios son of Pankrates TM 10362Kom Aushim (Karanis)Oct. 25th, 283 A.D.
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A receipt recording that Ptolemaios son of Pankrates paid 1,400 drachmas at Karanis as the money price of wheat owed for year 3 of the emperor Probus. It was issued in the reign of Carinus and Numerian, in autumn AD 283.
In English machine translation
Year 2 of our lords Marci Aurelii Carinus and Numerianus Augusti, Phaophi 28. Ptolemaios son of Pankrates has paid for the price of wheat of year 3 of Probus, Karanis, 1,400 drachmas, total 1,400 drachmas.
"Price of wheat" (timē pyrou) refers to a cash payment made in place of a grain levy. The museum record gives the date as 25 October 283 rather than 26 October.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for τιμὴ πυροῦ). 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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ἔτους β τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Μάρκων Αὐρηλίων Καρείνου καὶ Νουμεριανοῦ Σεβαστῶν Φαῶφι κη. διέγραψεν Πτολεμαῖος Πανκράτους τιμῆς πυροῦ γ ἔτους Πρόβου Καρανίδος δραχμὰς χιλίας τετρακοσίας, γίνονται δραχμαὶ Αυ.