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μέτρημα εἰς θησαυρὸν μητροπόλεως γενήματος δ ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Μεσορὴ λ ὑπὲρ Χάρακος ὀνόματος Ψενσενμώνθου Πικῶτος πυροῦ ἀρτάβης δωδέκατον, γίνεται πυροῦ ἀρτάβης ιβ. Ὧρος σεσημείωμαι πυροῦ ἀρτάβης ιβ.
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A granary receipt on an ostracon recording that 1/12 artaba of wheat from the harvest of year 4 of Antoninus Pius was delivered to the metropolis granary on behalf of the district of Charax, in the name of Psensenmonthes son of Pikos. It is signed by the granary official Horos, at Thebes, in August 141.
The symbol ιβ here stands for the fraction 1/12, as the spelled-out 'twelfth' shows. Charax was a district of the Theban area.
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μέτρημα εἰς θησαυρὸν μητροπόλεως γενήματος δ ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Μεσορὴ λ ὑπὲρ Χάρακος ὀνόματος Ψενσενμώνθου Πικῶτος πυροῦ ἀρτάβης δωδέκατον, γίνεται πυροῦ ἀρτάβης ιβ. Ὧρος σεσημείωμαι πυροῦ ἀρτάβης ιβ.
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