cpr.8.16
[… ? lines lost …] […]ήσεως. ἐμετρήθησαν ἡμῖν τῷ μηνὶ Θὼθ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ϛ ἔτους Μάρκου Ἀντωνίου Γορδιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου … [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 15545
Fragment of a monthly report of sitologoi TM 15545Toemesis (Herakleopolites)29. Aug. - 27. Sept. 242
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Fragment of a monthly report by sitologoi (granary officials) recording grain measured to them in the month Thoth of year 6 of Gordian III. It comes from Toemesis in the Herakleopolite nome and dates to August-September AD 242.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] of the […]ation.
There were measured to us
in the month Thoth of the
present year 6 of Marcus
Antonius Gordianus
Caesar the lord
…
[…]
Sitologoi were the officials who ran the state granaries and received grain paid as tax. The identification as their monthly report rests on the formula 'there were measured to us'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment eines Monatsberichts 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.