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Monthly report of the sitologoi of Taamorou on wheat received TM 15543Taamoru (Herakleopolites)29. Aug. - 27. Sept. 241

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A monthly report from the sitologoi (granary officials) of the village of Taamorou in the Herakleopolite nome, stating that 50 artabas of wheat from the harvest of Gordian III's 4th year were measured into the granary in Mesore. It is dated Thoth of year 5 (AD 241) and signed by Aurelius Arenges.

In English machine translation

[…] […] and associates, [sitologoi] of the village of [Taamoro]u. There were measured out to us in the [month of Meso]re of the past 4th year of Marcus Antonius Gordianus Caesar the lord, from the produce of the same 4th year, of wheat fifty artabas, total 50 artabas of wheat, which are also allocated to the collection district of Taamorou [and other] villages. Year 5 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus, Thoth. A[urelius A]renges, sit[ologos of Taamo]rou and [other villages, I have submitted it]. […]

Sitologoi were village officials responsible for receiving and storing grain paid as taxes. The praktoreia was the tax collection district to which the receipts were credited.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Monatsbericht der Sitologen). 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 · 29. Aug. - 27. Sept. 241 · Taamoru (Herakleopolites)

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