Application by Menches for the post of Komogrammateus at KerkeosirisMenchesAPISberkeley.apis.400(CU)400p.tebt.1.90206;1;9p.tebt;1;936453645P.Tebt.0009Menches seeks reappointment as komogrammateus (village secretary) at Kerkeosiris, Egypt, promising to pay a certain amount of grains at the village. A certain Dorion adds 60 artabas to the amount promised by Menches.Margins: top, 1.7 cm.; left, 3.2 cm.; right, 1 cm.; bottom, 5.7 cm.; in lower left margin, in red ink: "9"51st year (of King Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II), 6th of the Egyptian month Pachon.Menches archive1665Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., BerkeleyGreek1 papyrus ; 29.5 x 11.4 cm.18 lines, on recto along the fibers.Verso empty.
Regular cursive
25 May 119 B.C.Dorion
crocodile cartonnage at Tebtunis 8.3
APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent.EnglishGreekGovernment employeesKerkeosirisBusiness letters, Ptolemaic periodRecto.Verso.
From Menches, village scribe of Kerkeosiris. On being appointed to the post of village scribe previously held by me I will pay at the village 50 artabas of wheat and 50 artabas of pulse, namely 20 artabas of lentils, 10 of bruised beans, 10 of peas, 6 of mixed seeds, 3 of mustard, 1 of parched pulse, total 50; total 100 artabas. The 51st year, Pachon 6. And Dorion will pay 50 artabas of wheat and 10 of pulse, namely 3 of bruised beans, 3 of peas, 3 of mixed seeds, 1 of mustard, total 10; total 60.