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Receipt for payments for the offices of topogrammateus and komogrammateus TM 259Thebais21. Nov. 118 v.Chr.

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A receipt in which Moschion acknowledges to Petearsenthes payment, on the account of Hermias, of 50 bronze talents: 10 each for the offices of topogrammateus and komogrammateus for year 53, and 30 as the price of 150 artabas of wheat. It is dated 21 November 118 BC in the Thebaid.

In English machine translation

Moschion to Petearsenthes, greetings. I have received on the account of Hermias, for the office of topogrammateus for year 53, ten talents of bronze, total 10 talents; and for the office of komogrammateus likewise ten talents of bronze, total 10 talents; and from the price of one hundred and fifty artabas of wheat at [...] drachmas, 30 talents, making thirty talents of bronze, total 30 talents. Total 50 talents. Year 53, Hathyr 1.

The topogrammateus and komogrammateus were district and village scribes; the payments seem to be for holding these offices. The rate per artaba of wheat is unclear in the text as written ('from drachmas').

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 21. Nov. 118 v.Chr. · Thebais

Μοσχίων Πετεαρσένθει χαίρειν. ἔχω εἰς τὸν Ἑρμίου λόγον περὶ πῆς τοπογραμματείας τοῦ νγ ἔτους χαλκοῦ τάλαντα δέκα. γίνεται τάλαντα ι. καὶ περὶ τῆς κωμογραμματείας ὁμοίως χαλκοῦ τάλαντα δέκα. γίνεται τάλαντα ι. καὶ ἀπὸ τιμῆς σίτου ἀρταβῶν ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα ἐκ δραχμῶν τάλαντα λ, γεί…