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Granary receipt for wheat delivered for Senchonsis at Charax TM 24770unbekannt

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An ostracon receipt recording a small delivery of wheat into the granary of the metropolis, credited to Senchonsis daughter of Demas for the locality Charax and paid through Senchataboutis. It is dated Pauni 19 of the harvest of year 10 of Aurelius Antoninus and signed by the granary official Ammonios.

In English machine translation

Measured into the granary of the metropolis, from the produce of year 10 of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar the lord. Pauni 19, for Charax, in the name of Senchonsis daughter of Demas, through Senchataboutis: 1/4 1/24 (artaba) of wheat, total 1/4 1/24 wheat. I, Ammonios, have signed.

The fractions are read as 1/4 and 1/24 of an artaba; the emperor could be Marcus Aurelius or Caracalla. Charax is a quarter or locality, probably in the Theban area, where such receipts are common.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

μέτρημα θησαυροῦ μητροπόλεως γενήματος ι ἔτους Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Παῦνι ιθ ὑπὲρ Χάρακος ὀνόματος Σενχώνσιος Δημᾶτος διὰ Σενχαταβοῦτος πυροῦ τέταρτον κδ, γίνεται πυροῦ δ κδ. Ἀμώνιος σεσημείωμαι.