Account of grain deliveries
This ostracon contains an account of grain deliveries.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34734
Account of daily wheat deliveries TM 34734unknownFourth century CE
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Fragment of an ostracon recording grain (wheat) deliveries day by day, with quantities entered against the 20th, 21st and 22nd days of a month. It dates to the 4th century AD; the place is unknown.
In English machine translation
[… ? lines lost …]
[20th] wheat 48 1/3 (?)
21st, for the writing (?), wheat 1 1/2; remainder of clean wheat 1
22nd, by receipt, wheat 37 1/6 and on behalf of …
[…]…
The numbers at the start of each line are probably days of the month, and quantities are presumably in artabas. The abbreviation 'gra' is uncertain and may refer to a written record or a scribal fee.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Grain Deliveries). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
o.leid.400
[… ? lines lost …] κ πυροῦ μη γ κα γρα πυροῦ α 𐅵 λοιπὴ καθαροῦ πυροῦ α κβ ἀποχῆς πυροῦ λζ ϛ καὶ ὑπὲρ … […]…