Receipt of donkey-drivers of Memphis for grain transport charges TM 10466Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)155 CE

[9] To Deios and partners, public bankers. We, the undersigned public animal-keepers (donkey-drivers) of the village of Memphis, through Herakleides our appointed representative, have received from you the sums assigned to us by Ptolemaios, royal scribe of the Polemon division, acting deputy for the strategia of the two divisions, which we requested be assigned for the transport charges of wheat which we declared we had brought down from the granaries of the Polemon division to the harbours, the work having been done under him, from the produce of year 17: wheat 25 1/12 artabas, barley 1 1/2 artabas, the price for wheat at 8 drachmas for each artaba, 200 drachmas 4 obols, and for barley at 480 drachmas per 100 artabas, 8 drachmas, together 208 drachmas 4 obols of silver. They are: Theantron son of …sis, wheat 7 1/3 1/12 artabas, barley 1/2 artaba. Alypios son of Tesenouphis, wheat 3 1/4 1/24 artabas. Aphrodisios son of Sokrates, wheat 3 1/3 1/8 artabas, barley 1/3 artaba. Phanias son of Sarapion, wheat 3 1/2 1/8 artabas, barley 1/3 artaba. Aphrodisios son of Aphrodisios, wheat 3 1/2 1/8 artabas, barley 1/3 artaba. Horos son of Herakles, wheat 3 1/2 artabas. Total as above, in accordance with the assignment. I, Herakleides, the appointed nomographos, have received the aforesaid two hundred and eight drachmas 4 obols; total 208 drachmas 4 obols. Year 18 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Phamenoth 2.