OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

10.3 x 27.8 cm.

Lines:

7

Publication side:

Recto, the Verso is blank

Palaeographic description:

–

State of preservation:

A single sheet in perfect condition; the bottom 16 cm. are blank, as is the back.

Content

Date:

January 28, 344

Origin:

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

Ammon and Mouses, sitometrai

Title / Type of text:

Receipt for delivery of barley

Content:

Receipt for Valerius son of Antiourios having delivered six artabas of barley.

Subjects:

Receipt Tax collection Barley

Named people:

Valerius, son of Antiourios Ammon, sitometres Mouses, sitometres

Named places:

Karanis

English translation:

Mecheir 2. Valerius the son of Antiourios delivered in the city harbor for the second indiction for the account of villagers of Karanis, six artabas of barley, 6 art. of barley only. We, Ammon and Mouses and partners, sitometrai, measured it.

Provenance:

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased 1923 through British Museum, with M. Nahman as the dealer. Cf. the reports and the inventory list by H. I. Bell

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Bagnall R, P.Col. VII, 1979, 156, picture: Microfiche in publication

Further Literature

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