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Sitologoi's report of individual wheat deposits at Psobthis TM 21900Psobthis (Oxyrhynchites)Juni - 29. Aug. 223

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A report by the sitologoi (granary officials) of the Psobthis district in the Oxyrhynchite nome, listing by individual the wheat deposited from the harvest of the second year of Severus Alexander. Surviving entries record deposits by local notables such as a former gymnasiarch, a magistrate and a town councillor.

In English machine translation

[1] […] From Aurelius Theon and […]s also called Demetrios, sitologoi of the Psobthis area of the middle toparchy. Individual list of wheat handled (?) from the harvest of the present year 2 of Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Caesar the lord. It is as follows: Marci Aurelii Heraklios son of Bauthlas, deposit, 53 artabas, Pekyllos also called Theon, former gymnasiarch, through Herakleides, farmer, 48 artabas, Diogenes also called Hermagenes, magistrate, through the same, deposit, 11 artabas, Sarapion son of Alexander, councillor, through the same, deposit, 50 artabas, [… 5 lines lost …] [2] [… 11 lines lost …]

The report was addressed to a strategos, whose name is lost in the opening line. 'Thema' denotes a deposit credited to an account in the state granary; 'cheiristikos' wheat is grain handled or administered by the sitologoi.

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 Sitologi 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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Juni - 29. Aug. 223 · Psobthis (Oxyrhynchites)

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