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Draft of an official letter in which an official (a sitologos?) complains about violence and theft by several individuals.
Translation: On the 21st of the present month … came with (?) N.N. son of Paes and Tesenouphis son of N.N. (in order that) their cleansed grain on his floors might be moved by me to the royal granary; and after I had gone to the spot and measured the grain 11 donkeys, 38 1/2 artabas, and had sent my son Nechthnibis with them to take it to the granary, they overpowered him and carried off 7 donkeys, 24 1/2 artabas of wheat. And on the 9th of the same month it happened that the same persons took away in my absence one floorful, about …, and in consequence I do not know the amount of wheat produced from it. The 21st year, Payni 2.

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Title
P.Tebt., III.727. Official letter : draft
Published
184 B.C.? (Date1: -184)
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Full Collection Name
Advanced Papyrological Information System
Other Identifiers
Inventory Number: P.Tebt.0727 Verso
UC Inventory Number: 1218
APIS ID: 5716
Subject (Person)
Paes
Tesenouphis
Pnepheros
Sokonoupis
Nechthnibis
Subject (Topic)
Theft
Violence
Type
Image
Format
Business letters, Ptolemaic Period
Extent
1 item
Dimensions
31 x 8.5 cm.
Physical Medium
Papyrus
Language
Greek
Archive
The Bancroft Library Center for the Tebtunis Papyri
Note
Publications: P.Tebt., III.727
Textual Date: 21st year [of Ptolemy Epiphanes?], 2nd of the Egyptian month Payni.
Bibliography Corrections: On lines 12 and 17 see BL v. 3, p. 244.
Acquisition: Tebtunis
Lines: 32 lines, on verso across the fibers.
Paleographic Description: Regular cursive, very dark (Egyptian brush?)
Physical Properties: Margins: top, 1.7 cm.; left, 0.8 cm.; bottom, .08 cm.
Primary Pub: P.Tebt.:3.1:727
Publication/Side: Recto unpublished
Section/Side: On recto: Documentary Demotic text
Publication Status: published
Negative in Bancroft: No
Negative in IPA: No
Hold Inst Code: CU
Provenance
Crocodile cartonnage at Tebtunis 16
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