Order for a seed loan to two farmers at Phobou TM 16519Oxyrhynchos27. Dez. 148 (?)

[recto] Wheat, 28 1/4 artabas. Aelius Aphrodisios, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to the sitologoi of the eastern toparchy, places of Phobou, greetings. Measure out from the finest sample, with Serenos also called Sarapion, royal scribe, joining in the instruction, as seed loans for the sowing of the present 12th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, from the produce of the past 11th year, to Kleochares son of Chairemon also called Antonios son of Kleochares, his mother being […], aged about 70, with a scar on the right forearm, and to another Kleochares son of Chairemon also called Antonios, his mother being […], aged 36 […] […] […] […] wheat, […] seven artabas, making together, of wheat pure, unadulterated, free of earth and barley, sifted, by the public half-artaba measure, 28 1/4 artabas, on condition that they deposit it in the ground soundly under the supervision of the customary officials, you having secured it at your own risk, and on condition that they repay an equal amount from the new crop together with the accompanying charges, along with the public dues on the land; from them receive the appropriate receipt in duplicate, of which give the other copy back to me. Year 12 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Tybi 1. Aelius Aphrodisios, through Antoninus, assistant: measure out as stated above the 28 1/4 artabas of wheat, total 28 1/4 artabas of wheat. Serenos also called Sarapion: measure out as stated above the twenty-eight and a quarter artabas of wheat, total 28 1/4 artabas. [verso] …