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Order to a sitologos to transfer 110 artabas of wheat TM 15643Oxyrhynchos41 - 42 (?)

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An order from Diogenes son of Theagenes to the granary official Philotas, instructing him to transfer 110 artabas of wheat from Diogenes' grain deposit, from the harvest of Claudius' first year, to Antiochos son of Theon. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in the second year of Claudius (AD 41-42).

In English machine translation

Diogenes son of Theagenes to Philotas, sitologos, greetings. Transfer from the measure of mine that you hold, from the produce of the first year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, to Antiochos son of Theon, son of Zenion (?), of wheat in all 110 artabas, total 110 artabas of wheat. Year 2 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, month […], day 5.

A sitologos managed a public granary where private individuals could hold grain on deposit, transferable like a bank balance. The month name is lost; 'Zenion' may be the grandfather's name or a further name of Antiochos.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order for Payment in Grain). 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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p.oxy.49.3486

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 41 - 42 (?) · Oxyrhynchos

Διογένης Θεαγένους Φιλώτᾳ σιτολόγωι χαίρειν. διάστειλον ἀφʼ οὗ ἔχεις μου μετρήματος γενήματος πρώτου ἔτους Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος Ἀντιόχῳ Θέωνος Ζηνίωι πυροῦ σύνπαντι ἀρτάβας ἑκατὸν δέκα, γίνονται πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι ρι. ἔτους β Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Κα…