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Receipt for seed-grain issued to Petalos son of Ptolemaios TM 10300Karanis (Arsinoites)158 - 159

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A short receipt in which Petalos son of Ptolemaios acknowledges receiving seed-grain for year 22 of Antoninus Pius, connected with royal land in the 78th cleruchy. It comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome and dates to AD 158-159.

In English machine translation

Seed-grain of year 22 of Antoninus Caesar the lord. 78th cleruchy (?). Petalos son of Ptolemaios, of Patsontis, royal (land). I, Petalos son of Ptolemaios, have received the seed.

Seed-grain was advanced by the state to cultivators of royal land. 'Patsontis' may be a place or family name, and 'oη' (78) refers to a numbered cleruchy, a land unit originally allotted to settlers.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Grain Receipt: Cleruchy 78). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 158 - 159 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

σπερμάτων κβ ἔτους Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου οη κληρουχίας Πέταλος Πτολεμαίου Πατσώντεως βασιλικῆς Πέταλος Πτολεμαίου ἔσχον τὰ σπέρματα.