Account of Grain
List of contributions in kind
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41949
Account of grain contributions by named individuals TM 41949probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon listing individuals and the quantities of grain, in artabas, credited to each, some marked as 'dirty' (uncleaned) grain. It probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum and dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Sarapion, wine-seller, 61 artabas
Neilas son of Kasianos, 31 artabas
Papeeis, dirty (grain), 22 1/2 artabas
Heron son of Aparontas, 12 artabas
Longinus, 22 1/2 artabas
Nikanor, 45 artabas
Longinus likewise, slave, 2 artabas
Aeis, dirty (grain), 9 artabas
Syrion, dirty (grain), 11 1/2 artabas
Ptollarion, 42 1/2 artabas
Dioskoros son of Peebis, 28 1/2 artabas
Anatellon
Heroni (?), 70 artabas
Tourbon, 22 artabas
The word rhyparas ('dirty') likely refers to uncleaned grain, the feminine plural agreeing with artabas. The entries for Anatellon and Heroni may belong together as one line.
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). 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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Σαραπίων οἰνοπώλης ἀρτάβας ξα Νειλᾶς Κασιανοῦ ἀρτάβας λα Παπέεις ῥυπαρὰς ἀρτάβας κβ 𐅵 Ἥρων Ἀπαρωντᾶ ἀρτάβας ιβ Λογγεῖνος ἀρτάβας κβ 𐅵 Νεικάνωρ ἀρτάβας με Λογγεῖνος ὁμοίως δοῦλος ἀρτάβας β Ἀεῖς ῥυπαρὰς ἀρτάβας θ Συρίων ῥυπαρὰς ἀρτάβας ια 𐅵 Πτολλαρίων ἀρτάβας μβ 𐅵 Διόσκορος Πεῆβος …