Herakleopolis (Upper Egypt, Egypt — Pleiades map), 63/64 BCE
GRA III 250 =
BGU VIII 1741-1743
= Papyri.info TM 4823
= AGRW ID# 31482
Copenhagen Inventory info: 813
BGU VIII 1741 (July 5-18, 63 BCE):
Dionysios to Paniskos, greetings. Attached below is a copy of the notification sent to Herakleides the keeper of the granary (sitologos). Farewell, Year 18 . . . on the xth of Epeiph.
To Herakleides. Attached below is a copy of the orders of Apollophanes the president (prostatēs) and Eudemos the secretary (grammateus) of “horse-racing” shippers (hippodromitai naukleroi) from Memphis. Following the instructions in it, load, as authorized by Paniskos the royal scribe, into the boat of Zabdion son of Artemidoros, which has a capacity of 1200 dry measures (artabai), a total of 1200 dry measures of wheat. Make a receipt and a counter-receipt for it, as usual.
Apollophanes the president and Eudemos the secretary of the “horse-racing” shippers from Memphis to Dionysios the “kinsman” (syngenēs) and commander (stratēgos) who is in charge of the revenues, greetings and good health. We have made good on what we agreed with the dioikletēs to transport out of the same nome from the produce (of this year). To Paniskos.
BGU VIII 1742 (July 18, 63 BCE):
To Ammonios. Year 18 on the 14th of Epeiph. . . . To Name the account-checker (antigrapheus) of the granary (thesauros) near Tilothis. Load, for Alexandria for the crown, according to the notification of Dionysios the “kinsman” and commander who is also in charge of the revenues, and by the instructions arranged by . . . Apollophanes (?) the president and Eudemos the secretary of the “horse-racing” shippers from Memphis, the ship of . . . Zabdion (?). . . son of Artemidoros, with a load of 1200 dry measures of new wheat, uncontaminated, sifted and checked with a measure against the bronze standard and with a fair leveling. Five chosen guards (phylakitai), who have provided very good pledges, will be on board. They are to seal the sample, which will be handed over in unbaked vessels, and are to transport it as instructed by the tax official who controls the landing place, with the consent of the shippers. A total of 1200 measures. Make a receipt and a counter receipt for it, as usual.
BGU VIII 1743 + BGU XIV 2368 (after August 23, 63 BCE)
(column 1) . . . To Name the account-checker (?) . . . of the granary near . . . . Load, for Alexandria for the crown, according to the notification of Dionysios the “kinsman” and commander who is in charge of the revenues, by the instructions arranged by Malichos the president and Eudemos the secretary of the “horse-racing” shippers from Memphis, the ship of Apollonios, with a load of 1800 dry measures of clean wheat, uncontaminated, sifted, and checked with a measure against the bronze standard and with a fair levelling. Eight chosen guards, who have provided very good pledges, will be on board. They are to seal the sample, which will be handed over, in unbaked vessels and transport it as instructed by the tax official who controls the landing place, with the consent of the shipper. A total of 1800 dry measures. Make a receipt and a counter receipt for it, as usual. Copy
(column 2) . . . by those . . . to those who will watch the passage of the river as river guards, on account bronze talents: 20, making 20 talents. Make a receipt and a counter-receipt for them, as usual. For . . . Name . . . , Year 18 on the 20th of Mesore.
(column 3) Order, as authorized by Paniskos the royal scribe, by those appointed for guarding the passage of the river as river-guards from . . . bronze talents: 20, making 20 talents. Make a receipt and a counter-receipt for them, as usual. Year 18 on the 20th of Mesore. To the scribes. Year 18 on the 20th of Mesore. Hera. . . son of Psenthos. Year 18 on the 20th of Mesore. To those out of the house of the . . .
(back side of papyrus)
To Paniskos.
Διονύσιος Πανίσκωι χαίρειν. τοῦ πρὸς Ἡρακλείδην τὸν | σιτολόγον χρηματισμοῦ ἀντίγραφον ὑπόκειται. | vac. ? ἔρρωσο (ἔτους) ιη Ἐπεὶφ [ ̣ ̣] | Ἡρακλείδηι. || τοῦ παρʼ Ἀπολλοφάνου προστάτου καὶ Εὐδήμου γραμματέως̣ [τῶν] | ἀπὸ Μέμφεως ναυκλήρων Ἱπποδρομιτῶν ἀποστόλου ἀντίγραφον | ὑπόκειται. κατακολουθήσας οὖν τοῖς διʼ αὐτοῦ σημαινομένοις | ἐμβαλοῦ συνεπιστέλλοντος Πανίσκου τοῦ βασιλικοῦ γραμματέως | εἰς σκάφην Ζαβδίωνος τοῦ Ἀρτεμιδώρου, ἀγωγῆς χιλίων διακοσίων, || γίνονται πυροῦ χίλιαι διακόσιαι καὶ σύ(μβολα) καὶ ἀντισύ(μβολα) ποίησ̣α̣ι̣ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὡς καθήκει. | Ἀπολλοφάνης προστάτης καὶ Εὔ̣δημος γραμματεὺς τῶν ἀπὸ Μέμφεως | ναυκλήρων Ἱπποδρομιτῶν Διονυσίωι συγγενῖ (συγγενεῖ) καὶ στρατηιγῶι (στρατηγῶι) καὶ | ἐπὶ τῶν προσόδων χαίρειν καὶ ἐρρῶσθαι. παρεστακαμεν (παρέσταμεν) εἰς ἃ ἀναδε|δέγμεθα τῶι διοικητῆι κατάξειν ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν γενημάτων. || Πανίσκωι.
BGU VIII 1742 (18 Jul 63 BCE)
Ἀμμω(νί)ῳ. (ἔτους) ιη Ἐπεὶφ ιδ | [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ἀντι]γ̣ρ̣α(φεῖ) θη(σαυροῦ) περὶ Τιλῶθιν. | [ἐμ]βαλοῦ ὥστʼ εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν | [κατὰ τ]ὸ̣ν̣ παρὰ Διονυσίου τοῦ συγγενοῦς καὶ || [στρατηγοῦ κ]α̣ὶ ἐπὶ τῶν προσόδων χρηματισμὸν | [εἰς τὴν σημ]αινομένην διατετάχθαι ὑπὸ | [Ἀπολλοφάνου] π̣ροστάτου καὶ Εὐδήμου γραμματέως | [τῶν ἀπὸ Μέμ]φεως Ἱπποδρομιτῶν σκάφην | [Ζαβδίωνος] τ̣οῦ Ἀρτεμιδώρου ἀγωγῆς Ασ || [πυροῦ νέου ἀ]δό̣λου κεκοσκινευμένου | [μέτρῳ συμβεβλημ]έ̣ν̣ωι πρὸς τὸ χαλκοῦν καὶ | [σκυτάληι δικαίᾳ], ε̣ ἐπιβιβασθέντων φυλα|[κιτῶν κεκληρουχ]ημένων τῶν μάλιστα | [πιστὰ παρεχόντω]ν̣, οἷς καὶ τὸ δεῖγμα κατεσφρα||[γισμένον παραδοθή]σεται ἔσ̣τ̣ιν̣ οἷς ὤμοις | [αὐτοῖς(?) καὶ παρακομ] ̣ι̣τ̣ω̣ι τοῦ πρὸς τῆι σιτηρᾶι τῆς ἐξαι|[ρέσεως τὰς κατεσχη(μένας)] μετὰ τῆς τῶν ἐπίπλων γνώμης | [χιλίας δ]ι̣α̣κ̣ο̣σ̣ί̣α̣ς̣ (γίνονται) (πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι) Ασ καὶ σύ(μβολα) καὶ ἀντισύ(μβολα) ποίη(σαι) | [πρὸς αὐ(τοὺς) ὡς καθή(κει)].
BGU VIII 1743 + BGU XIV 2368 (after 23 Aug 63 BCE)
̣[ -ca.?- ] | χρημάτισο̣ν συνεπι̣σ̣τ̣έ̣λ̣λοντος Πανίσκου | τοῦ βασιλικοῦ γραμματέως τοῖς ἀποτεταγμένοις | π̣[ρὸς τῆι τ]η̣ρή̣σ̣ε̣ι̣ τῶν κατὰ ποταμὸν [πόρω]ν̣ || [ποτα]μ̣οφύλαξι ἀπὸ τῶν τ̣ ̣ν[ -ca.?- ] | [ -ca.?- ]υ̣νι̣ρ[ομέ]νου ̣ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ] | χαλκοῦ (τάλαντα) κ (γίνονται) (τάλαντα) κ καὶ σύ̣μ(βολα) καὶ ἀ̣ν̣[τισύμ(βολα) ποίησαι] | πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὡς καθή(κει)· | (ἔτους) ιη Μεσο̣[ρ]ὴ̣ [κ ][ -ca.?- ] || τοῖς γρ(αμματεῦσι) | (ἔτους) ιη Με(σορὴ) κ | Ἡ̣ρα( ) Ψε̣ν̣θώ(του) | (ἔτους) ιη Με(σορὴ) κ | τοῖς ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τῆς βης̣( ) | Πανίσκωι.
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