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Order of Thestor to Theomnestos for release of arakos crops TM 112478Herakleopolites5. Jan. 211 v.Chr.

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An official order from Thestor to Theomnestos, instructing that the guards under him, with the countersignature of the local district scribe, release crops of arakos (a leguminous fodder plant) from specified plots, totalling 2 3/4 arouras. A further endorsement by Semtheus repeats the instruction. It dates to 5 January 211 BC in the Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] [fragment a] Thestor to Theomnestos, greeting. Let it be written to the guards (phylakitai) under you, with the topogrammateus also countersigning, to hand over […] […] […] [… 2 lines lost …] [fragment b] from whom we have the security for the rents, which he has bought […] […] On the kleros of Theodoros near Nino(?), of arakos 1 1/2 1/4 arouras, total 1 1/2 1/4; […] from the (land of) Agathos Kalamos(?) […] to the yokes of oxen of Aristodoros; Harmiys(?), farmer, of arakos 1 aroura, total 1; grand total 2 1/2 1/4. traces Farewell. Year 11, Hathyr 23. Thestor: Hand over as written above, of arakos two and a half and a quarter, total of arakos 2 1/2 1/4. Semtheus to Theomnestos, greeting. Hand over of arakos 2 1/2 1/4 […] [verso] [fragment b] Year 11 […] […] [fragment a] […] guard(?) To Theomnestos

Arakos is a vetch-like legume grown as fodder; the order concerns releasing standing crops sequestered as security for rents. The topogrammateus was the village-district scribe.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Landzuweisung des Thestor). 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 · 5. Jan. 211 v.Chr. · Herakleopolites

[r] [fragment a] Θέστωρ Θεομνήστωι χαίρειν. γραφήτω τοῖς παρὰ σοῦ φυλακίταις συνυπογράφοντος καὶ τοῦ τοπογραμματέως προέσθαι …πε…ια…… ……επ…[…] [… 2 lines lost …] [fragment b] παρ’ οὗ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν ἔχομεν τῶν ἐκφορίων ἃς ἐώνηται[…]…[…] … …α…[…] Θεοδώρου κλήρ περὶ Νινω ἀράκου ἄρουρ…