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Didymos, also called Louris, acknowledges the receipt of money of 8 1/2 artabas for wheat for the military from the buyer Lysimachos, through the agency of a bank of Kerkesephis.
Translation: Didumos also called Lourios, son of Lusimachos, to Lysimachos son of Pasion, greeting. I have received from you the price of bought wheat which you have deducted from the public bank from the credit of Ptolema daughter of Didymos, at Kerkesephis, 5 1/4 artabas of wheat, and from the credit of Tamystha daughter of Lysimachos, at Tebtunis, 1 1/2 artabas, and at Kerkeosiris likewise 1 1/2. Together the total is 8 1/4 artabas, making at 7 drachmas per artaba the sum of fifty-seven drachmas, four and a half obols, total 57 dr. 4 1/2 ob. The 12th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Phamenoth 27.

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Title
P.Tebt., II.394. Receipt for payment of wheat
Creator
Didymos alias Louris, son of Lysimachos, Author
Published
23 Mar. 149 A.D. (Date1: 149)
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Full Collection Name
Advanced Papyrological Information System
Other Identifiers
Inventory Number: P.Tebt.0394
UC Inventory Number: 1399
APIS ID: 315
Subject (Person)
Lysimachos, son of Pasion
Ptolema, daughter of Didymos
Tamystha daughter of Lysimachos
Subject (Topic)
Women, 30 B.C.-640 A.D.
Wheat
Type
Image
Format
Receipts, Roman period
Extent
1 item
Dimensions
22.8 x 9 cm.
Physical Medium
Papyrus
Language
Greek
Archive
The Bancroft Library Center for the Tebtunis Papyri
Note
Publications: P.Tebt., II.394
Textual Date: 12th year of the Emperor Antoninus Pius, 17th of the Egyptian month Phamenoth.
Bibliography Corrections: See R. Bogaert, Ancient Society v. 19 (1988), p. 220-222.
Acquisition: Tebtunis
Lines: 20 lines, on recto along the fibers.
Paleographic Description: Much ligatured cursive.
Physical Properties: Margins: top, 1.7 cm.; left, 1.5 cm.; bottom, 7 cm.; on verso, in black ink: T 411.
Primary Pub: P.Tebt.:2:394
Section/Side: Verso empty.
Publication Status: published
Negative in Bancroft: No
Negative in IPA: No
Hold Inst Code: CU
Coverage
Kerkesephis; Tebtunis; Kerkeosiris; Arsinoites nomos
Provenance
House at Tebtunis T411
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