An official account addressed to the sitologoi (granary officials) of the Mendesian nome, listing shortfalls of wheat, barley and lentils found at a measuring of granary stocks and arrears. It assigns deficits to former strategoi such as Rutilius Polykrates and Sarapion and to the royal scribe Rutilius Ammonius, with references to years of Hadrian.
In English machine translation
To the sitologoi of the nome. The [quantities] which, at the measuring-out carried out by the grain-measurers of wheat and lentils and of the arrears recorded in the granaries, were shown not to be found, and were relieved (?) by Apollonianus from the arrears register, of the produce of year 1: [...]7 1/2 1/48 artabas of wheat
[...] at the risk of the aforementioned: 7019 1/3 1/8 1/96 artabas of wheat
of barley [...] 1/12 1/48 artabas
[...] to the former strategoi and the royal scribe
To Rutilius Polykrates, former strategos: he entered less, for the half-artaba of podoma, in the account of [...] months up to year 8 of Hadrian, of the deified Hadrian, 1/24 artaba of wheat
[...] to Sarapion, himself also former strategos: he who entered less [...] of the toparchy in the account of 9 months up to year 15 of Hadrian: 23 2/3 artabas of barley, after the excess amounts in detail of the administration recorded as arrears and counter-accepted, 23 1/2 artabas of wheat; remainder 1/6 artaba of wheat
To Rutilius Ammonius, royal scribe, who succeeded [...] also to the duties of the strategia: the [amounts] by him in the account of [...] months up to Pauni of year 2, less [...] of the receipt with the collection (?) [...]
[...] beyond the totals and [...] to him
[...] 2 artabas of wheat
[...] year 10: 2 1/6 1/24 artabas of wheat
The text refers to the deified Hadrian, so it dates after AD 138. Podoma was a supplementary charge on grain measured out; many fractions and restorations are uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.