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Order to a farmer to pay arakos as compensation for fodder eaten by cattle TM 16924Alexandria (?)3 - 4

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An order from Epimachos, a member of the Ammonian deme, to his farmer Paschious to pay Herodes son of Drakon 35 artabas of arakos (a vetch-like legume) from rents and seed held for him, as compensation for fodder Epimachos' cattle had eaten from Herodes. It dates to year 33 of Augustus (3/4 AD), possibly from Alexandria.

In English machine translation

Epimachos also called Tho[…], son of […] also called Epimachos, of the Ammonian deme, to Paschious son of Pathotes, farmer, greetings. Measure out to Herodes son of Drakon, in return for what my cattle have eaten from him, from my rents and seed which you hold of mine for the sowing of the 33rd year of Caesar, 33 artabas of arakos and […] 2 artabas, Total 35 artabas of arakos […] Year 33 of Caesar, […]

Arakos is a leguminous fodder crop, often rendered as chickling or vetch. The breakdown of the second item before the 2 artabas is lost; the total of 35 implies 33 plus 2.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Anweisung über Arakos - Lieferung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

bgu.11.2128

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 3 - 4 · Alexandria (?)

Ἐπίμαχος ὃς καὶ Θο[…] τοῦ καὶ Ἐπιμάχου Ἀμμωνιεὺς Πασχιοῦτι Παθώτου γεωργῷ χαίρειν. μέτρησον Ἡρώδῃ Δράκοντος ἀνθʼ ὧν βέβρωκέν μου τὰ κτήνη τὰ βοικὰ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν ἐκφορίων μου καὶ σπερμάτων ὧν ἔχεις μου εἰς τὸν σπόρον τοῦ τρίτου καὶ τριακοστοῦ ἔτους Καίσαρος ἀράκου ἀρτάβας τρια…