Your Day in the Ancient Greek World
November 9
November 9 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 344. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.
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Aion Delivers Barley for the Villagers of Karanis
On November 9, AD 344, Aion, son of Sarapion, delivered barley for the third indiction on behalf of the villagers of Karanis. The Greek receipt records 2 + 1/3 + 1/12 artabas of barley and preserves the signature of Kopres. The document gives a precise glimpse of village deliveries and record keeping in fourth-century Roman Egypt.
Sources
Primary evidence
- Columbia Papyri VII, Receipts for Deliveries, p. 127, Hathyr 13 entry in the Aion son of Sarapion dossier
Modern scholarship
- Roger S. Bagnall and Naphtali Lewis, Columbia Papyri VII: Fourth Century Documents from Karanis
- Trismegistos Archive 250, Aion son of Sarapion and Valerius son of Antiourios
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