Report submitted to the strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome by Aurelius Herakleides also called Dionysios, a town councillor serving as dekaprotos of the Middle toparchy. It lists, person by person, the public wheat measured and distributed through him at the granary of Tanais from the harvest of year 6 of the emperors Philip, with a grand total of 258 1/4 artabas 8 choinikes.
In English machine translation
[…] to […] strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome […]
from Aurelius Herakleides also called Dionysios, councillor of the city of the Oxyrhynchites, dekaprotos of the Middle toparchy, […] individual list of the public (cheiristikon) wheat measured and distributed through me from the produce of the current 6th year of Marci Iulii Philippi Caesares, the lords Augusti.
It is as follows:
Granary of Tanais: Marci Aurelii
[…] heirs of Taapollos also called Megiste, 40 artabas,
[…] of which distributed to Herakleides also called Serapion, citizens (registered at) Tanais, 20 artabas,
1. to the same, deposit, 20 artabas, total as above.
Panetbeus, priest, … artabas,
4. of which distributed to Ko[…]aios, villagers of Tanais, 4 artabas,
1. to Aurelius Achilleus, Roman knight, deposit, 16 artabas,
4. to Dionysodoros through Serapion, villagers of Tanais, 5 artabas,
5. to the heirs of Dionysios son of Hermammon, villagers of the same, […] artabas,
6. to Tisois and Pachnoubis through the same, villagers of the same, […] artabas,
12. to the same, villagers of Istros, […] artabas,
1. to the same Panetbeus, priest, deposit, […] artabas,
[…] Typhis son of Totoeus and his wife, villagers of Tanais, […] artabas,
[…] […]tillis daughter of Heras, in the name of Matreas also called Hermaiskos, villagers of Tanais, […] artabas,
[…] […]rion daughter of Dionysios also called Ammonios, wife of […], citizens (registered at) Pharbaition of the same, […] artabas,
[…] to the heirs of Isidoros also called Philiskos, […] artabas,
[…] of which distributed to Sinthonis daughter of Diogenes, former agoranomos, mother of the aforementioned, deposit, […] artabas,
[…] to the same, citizens (registered at) Ieme, […] artabas,
[…] […]elis, deposit, […] artabas,
[…] Antonius also called Heraklas through Ploutarchos, citizens (registered at) Tanais, 1[…] artabas,
[…]archos son of Pasion and his brothers, 2[…] artabas,
[…] of which distributed to the same, villagers of Tanais, 13 3/4 artabas […] choinikes,
(total) 258 1/4 artabas 8 choinikes.
A dekaprotos was a councillor responsible for collecting grain taxes; "cheiristikon" wheat and "thema" (deposit) are technical terms of the granary accounts. The numerals before entries are left as written and their meaning is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Report of a Decemprimus to a Strategus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.