Fragment of a grain account recording totals of wheat and barley owed and collected, distinguishing estate land (ousiai), including the estates of Titus, from other land, with arrears carried into Thoth and collections by four- and eight-month accounting periods. It dates to the first regnal year of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161, from the Mendesian region.
In English machine translation
Total of the aforementioned […]
excluding the estates (ousiai): wheat 782[…] artabas […]
barley 3 artabas […]
and together with the amounts carried as arrears into Thoth
for the estates of Titus: wheat 766 [2/3 1/48] artabas
excluding the estates: wheat 1[0],624 [1/5 2/3 1/8] (?) artabas
barley 13 artabas
total: wheat 1[0],012 (?) 1/2 1/8 [1/48] artabas
barley, the aforesaid amounts.
Of which there were collected through the [account]
of the four-month period up to Hadrianos of year 1
excluding the estates: wheat 6[…] artabas […]
and through the account of the eight-month period up to Mesore [of year 1]
excluding the estates: wheat 11…[…] artabas […]
of the produce of year 1: 219 1/2 1/8 1/48 1/96 artabas and
barley […] artabas
Ousiai were large estates, often originally belonging to members of the imperial circle, later administered by the state. Several figures are damaged; the readings of the myriad totals 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.