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Order to sitologoi to transfer wheat from a deposit account TM 16903Oxyrhynchites8. Dez. 159

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An order from Horion to the granary officials (sitologoi) of the upper toparchy, Monimos district, in the Oxyrhynchite nome, to transfer 18 artabas of wheat from his deposit account to Herakleides. It is dated 8 December 159.

In English machine translation

Horion son of Ar[…] to […] sitologoi of the upper toparchy, Monimos district, greetings. Transfer, from what you hold on deposit in my name of wheat of the produce of year 22 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, to Herakleides son of […], eighteen artabas, total 18 artabas. Year 23 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, month Hadrianos 11. (2nd hand?) I, A[…], have signed.

Sitologoi were the officials in charge of public granaries, where private individuals also held grain accounts (thema, 'deposit'). Hadrianos was an honorific month name equivalent to Choiak.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sitologus Document). 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.31.2589

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 8. Dez. 159 · Oxyrhynchites

Ὡρίων Αρ[…]…[…]…ις σιτολόγοις ἄνω τοπαρχίας Μονίμου τόπων χαίρειν. διαστείλατε ἃς ἔχετέ μου ἐν θέματι πυροῦ γενήματος τοῦ κβ ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Ἡρακλείδῃ …[…]…υ ἀρτάβας δέκα ὀκτὼ γίνονται ἀρτάβαι ιη. ἔτους κγ Ἀντωνίνου καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου μηνὸς Ἁδριανοῦ ια. Α σεσ…