One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29969

Granary receipt for wheat delivered on behalf of Charax by Panameus TM 29969unbekanntII

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A granary receipt on an ostracon recording small deliveries of wheat, in fractions of an artaba, into the metropolis granary on behalf of the village of Charax in the name of Panameus. It dates to the 2nd century AD and bears the signature of a granary official.

In English machine translation

[Measured] into the granary of the metropolis, of the produce of the […] year of […] Caesar the lord […] on behalf of Charax, in the name of Panameus […] of wheat one quarter, total wheat 1/4 (artaba). On the 19th, of wheat two […] twenty-fourths (?), total wheat 2 […] Mesore 14, another 1/4 (artaba) of wheat, total wheat 1/4 (artaba), total through him Phamenoth 30. A[…], I have signed.

The abbreviation Χ( ) is expanded as Charax, a village name; the emperor's name and regnal year are lost. The sequence of dates (19th, Mesore 14, Phamenoth 30) records instalments and the final signing.

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 · II

μέτρημα θησαυροῦ μητροπόλεως γενήματος […]ἔτους[…] Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου[…] ὑπὲρ Χάρακος ὀνόματος Παναμέως[…]πυροῦ τέταρτον, γίνεται πυροῦ δ. ιθ πυροῦ δύο …[…]τετρακαιεικοστόν, γίνονται πυροῦ β ……[…] Μεσορὴ ιδ ἄλλο πυροῦ τέταρτον, γίνεται πυροῦ δ, γίνεται διὰ αὐτοῦ Φαμενὼθ λ. Α… σε…