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Account of arrears of wheat, barley and lentils for several years TM 21901Oxyrhynchites261 - 262 (?)

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An account of arrears of grain dues (wheat, barley and lentils) for the produce of regnal years 6 to 9, noting which amounts were advanced but not yet converted into loans, and how they were apportioned among the districts of the dekaprotoi. It comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome, probably AD 261-262.

In English machine translation

Of the produce of year 9, it was declared that there remain in arrears […] artabas of wheat, 71 artabas of barley, […] artabas of lentils, of which the share for each dekaprotia was apportioned. Of the produce of year 8, it was declared that there remain in arrears […] artabas of wheat, 71 artabas of barley, […] artabas of lentils, of which the amounts in arrears are on advance (?) and not yet on loan, of which the share for each dekaprotia was apportioned. Of the produce of year 7, it was declared that there remain in arrears […] artabas of wheat, […] artabas of barley, 15 artabas of lentils. […] Of the produce of year 6, it was declared that there remain in arrears […] artabas of wheat, […] artabas of barley, 15 artabas of lentils, of which the amounts in arrears are on advance and not yet on loan, of which the share for each dekaprotia was apportioned […]

The dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for collecting grain taxes, each over a district (dekaprotia). The term prochreia, here rendered 'advance', is largely restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Produce in Arrear). 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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p.oxy.12.1527

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 261 - 262 (?) · Oxyrhynchites

γενήματος θ ἔτους ἐδηλώθη λοιπογραφεῖσθαι πυροῦ ἀρτάβας[…] κριθῆς ἀρτάβας οα, φακοῦ ἀρτάβας[…], ὧν τὸ κατὰ δεκαπρωτείανδιεστάλη γενήματος η ἔτους ἐδηλώθη λοιπογραφεῖσθαι πυροῦ ἀρτάβας[…], κριθῆς ἀρτάβας οα, φακοῦἀρτάβας[…], ὧν εἰσιν αἱ λοιπογραφούμεναι ἐπὶ προχρείας καὶ μηδέπω ἐν…