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An ostracon receipt recording three deliveries of wheat on the same day into the granary of the metropolis at Thebes, made in the name of Petechespochrates son of Chabonchonsis through his son Horos, totalling 5 artabas. It is signed by Ammonios and dates to 29 July 173.
The three instalments (1 3/4, 2 19/24 and 11/24 artabas) add up to exactly 5 artabas. The lost final lines reportedly held a note in Demotic.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu de blé avec note en démotique). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
μέτρημα θησαυροῦ μητροπόλεως γενήματος ιγ Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Μεσορὴ ε ὑπὲρ Νότου ὀνόματος Πετεχεσποχράτου Χαβονχώνσιος διὰ Ὥρου υἱοῦ πυροῦ μίαν ἥμισυ τέταρτον. ἄλλαι τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὁμοίως πυροῦ δύο δίμοιρον ὄγδοον. ἄλλαι τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὁμοίως πυροῦ τρίτον ὄγδοον…
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