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A receipt in which Aurelius Nemesianus, son of Demetrios, a former magistrate, acknowledges receiving 78,998 pounds of chaff and a further 2,700 pounds, a total of 81,698, which he undertakes to distribute. It belongs to the supply of the army (annona militaris) and was written at Hermopolis in May 380.
The pound (litra) was the Roman pound of about 327 g; the total is given in myriads (units of 10,000) as 8 myriads 1,698. The phrase 'as stated above' refers to terms not preserved in this text.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung über annona militaris in Spreu). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Αὐσονίου καὶ Ὀλυβρίου τῶν λαμπροτάτων ἐπάρχων Παχὼν ια· Αὐρήλιος Νεμεσιανὸς Δημητρίου ἄρξας παρείληφα τῶν τοῦ ἀχύρου λιτρῶν μυριάδων ἑπτὰ καὶ ὀκτακισχιλίας ἐννακοσίας ἐνενήκοντα ὀκτὼ καὶ διαδώσω ὡς πρόκιται καὶ ὁμοίως παρείληφα ἄλλας ἀχύρου λίτρας δισχιλίας ἑπτα…
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