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Official accounts of chaff, grain and money by nome of the Thebaid TM 15621Thebais

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Fragments of an official account listing deliveries of chaff, grain (in artabas) and liquids (in sextarii) and sums of money in talents, organized by the procuratorships of Upper and Lower Thebaid and by nome (Hermopolite, Koussite, Hypselite, Apollonopolite, Antaiopolite, Panopolite), with the agents through whom they passed. It comes from the Thebaid.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A] […] (only scattered letters survive) […] [… lines lost …] [Fragment B, 1] … [Fragment B, 2] [… lines lost …] […] (scattered letters) […] [Fragment C] Of chaff as follows: […] procuratorship of Upper Thebaid […] […] through Epimachos […] […] through Plenis […] [procuratorship of] Lower Thebaid […] […] […] […]machos […] […]ythos (?) […] […] [… lines lost …] [Fragment D] [… lines lost …] […] […]…mis […] […] talents […] […] 40,000 talents […] […] of […]polis 30,000 talents […] 26,000 talents […] of […]polis 28,000 talents [Fragment E] [… lines lost …] […] […] 40,000 talents […] […] from […] […] [… lines lost …] [Fragment F] [… lines lost …] […] 6,500 artabas […] […] 3,500 artabas […] [… lines lost …] [Fragment G] [… lines lost …] […] […] 4,501 1/4 sextarii […] 3,101 1/4 1/8 sextarii […] 1,000 sextarii […] 1,000 sextarii […] of Apollonios, overseer, 10,000 1/4 1/8 sextarii […] 600 sextarii [Fragment H] From the procuratorship of Lower Thebaid […] […] Of the Hermopolite nome, as follows: […] through Isidoros […] through Aelius […] through Isidoros […] as follows: […] Of the Koussite nome […] through I[…] [… lines lost …] [Fragment I, 1] [… lines lost …] […] through Theon […] 49,000 (?) […] 22,200 talents […] 27,800 talents [Fragment I, 2] [… lines lost …] […] of the Hypselite nome … […] Of the Lower Apollonopolite nome […] [through] Hierakion […] through Psais son of Syros […] Of the Antaiopolite nome […] through […] Of the Panopolite nome through Apollo(…) son of Hierakapollon […] through Apollonides […] through Theotimos and Her[…] Total […]

The division into procuratorships of Upper and Lower Thebaid and the huge sums in talents suggest a 4th-century AD date, after Diocletian's reorganization and during high inflation. Money figures expressed in myriads have been converted to numerals; some readings are uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Official Accounts). 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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