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μέτρημα θησαυροῦ […]γενήματος[…]ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου[…]ὑπὲρ Χάρακος ὀνόματος Πα…[…] πυροῦ δωδέκατον, γίνεται πυροῦ ιβ […] Πετεθώτου Ψ…[…] πυροῦ δωδέκατον, γίνεται πυροῦ ιβ. …[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24769
Granary receipt for wheat from Charax TM 24769Theben117 - 138
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An ostracon receipt recording deliveries of wheat into the state granary from the crop of a year of the emperor Hadrian, credited to the village of Charax. Small amounts of one twelfth of an artaba are recorded for two contributors, one named Petethotes. It comes from Thebes, AD 117-138.
In English machine translation
Measured into the granary […] of the crop of year […] of Hadrian the lord […] on behalf of
Charax, in the name of Pa…[…]
one twelfth (artaba) of wheat, total 1/12 (artaba) of wheat […]
Petethotes son of Ps…[…]
one twelfth (artaba) of wheat, total 1/12 (artaba) of wheat. […]
The numeral ιβ written after 'one twelfth' expresses the fraction 1/12 of an artaba, not 12. Charax was a locality in the Theban area whose payments are often recorded on such granary ostraca.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Granary Receipt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.