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Receipt for grain taxes

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Description

This ostracon bears a Greek receipt issued by the royal granary and two subscriptions, one in Greek by the sitologos (on the left) and one in Demotic (on the right).

The same text in other collections

Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 5233. Each record below describes this same ancient text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek

Translations (1)

EN scholarly
(Translation from: P.L.Bat. 19.25) Year 6, Mesore 7. X son of Harpochrates has paid for (the tax of) 5/6 artaba (per aroura) for ... for the same year: one artaba of wheat and a half = 1 ½ (artabas) of wheat. Y sitologos [Demotic:] The receipt of the royal granary: 1 ½ (artabas) of wheat for the Southern Island, for year 6.

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (4)

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