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Account of grain distributed among villages of the Hermopolite nome TM 20173Hermopolis

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An account of grain measured out from the harvest of year 9 of Emperor Gallienus and distributed among villages of the Hermopolite toparchies (Upper and Lower Leukopyrgites and Patre). It was certified by Aurelius Kastor, former agoranomos and dekaprotos, for a total of about 2,848 artabas of wheat and barley.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A, column 1] […] […] There were measured out to us […] […] of the aforesaid toparchy, through the monthly account of Pharmouthi of the current year 10, from the produce of the past year [9] of our lord Gallienus [Caesar] Augustus, on behalf of others […] wheat by the receiving measure, artabas 2,8[…] […] to which are added for the hundredths 1 1/2 artabas […] which were also distributed as set out below. They are: Upper Leukopyrgites: […] Mee, artabas […] Epoikion of Pallas, artabas […] Epoikion of Diodoros, artabas […] Total of wheat, artabas […] Lower Leukopyrgites: […] […] [Fragment A, column 2] […] artabas […] […] artabas 38 […] Sesiu, artabas 17 1/3 1/12 Bouseiris, artabas 109 1/24 Total of wheat, artabas 607 1/2 1/12 Upper Patre: Areos, artabas 15 Sinkere, artabas 20 2/3 Sebaemphis, artabas 3 2/3 Terton Petochnoubis, artabas 16 1/2 Sesymbothis, artabas 11 2/3 Sinarchebis, artabas 3 Total of wheat, artabas 70 1/2 Lower Patre: Bounoi, Terton Samoou, artabas 41 Sinape, artabas 18 Terton Esmonis, artabas 12 […] [Fragment A, column 3] […] artabas […] Ibion […], artabas […] Onomphthis, artabas 68 Total of wheat, artabas 168 Total of the distribution, wheat, artabas 2,848 1/4 1/24 I, Aurelius Kastor, former agoranomos, dekaprotos, have signed for 2,806 1/6 artabas of wheat as set out above, and 42 1/8 artabas of barley, total 2,848 1/4 [1/24] artabas. [Fragment B] […] Pachnoubis […] Total, artabas […] Lower Leukopyrgites: […] Tekerkethothis […] Psin[…] Senkyrkis […] Tekerkethothis […] Magdola […] Chairephanes […] Tachoi […] Kerkethoeris […] Tisichis […]

The dekaprotoi were liturgical officials responsible for collecting grain taxes. The 'hundredths' are a surcharge added to the measured amount.

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.

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