Proceedings before the prefect on the order of grain transport from granaries TM 22213Oxyrhynchites11. Apr. 208

[1] Year 16, Pharmouthi 16. From the minutes of Subatianus Aquila in the Oxyrhynchite nome. After other matters: Aelius Ammonios, prytanis, said: "This river of ours that lies alongside has, at the time of the rising, an inflow and abundance of water. We ask that the boats be sent then and that the riverside villages be loaded first by means of this river, and after that that the customary and established procedure 'by the peg' be followed, beginning from the start with the upper district, and that each granary be emptied and the grain be transported according to custom." Aquila said: "What is 'by the peg'?" He answered: "Each district begins from the south." Aquila said: "From the upper toparchy?" He answered: "Yes. For this has always been the custom and has been observed, so that [it] does not pass over from village to village […], but they are emptied together at the time of the rising, so that the riverside villages of this river Tomis are loaded first." Aquila said to Didymos the strategos: "Why [was this not] done?" He answered: "[…]" […] said: "[…] let him say […]" […] said to Ammonios […] him […] Aquila said […] [… ? lines lost …] [2] … and said to Didymos the strategos: "The remainder now, which has not yet been sent, where is it? In which places?" Didymos the strategos said: "In the lower (toparchy)." Aquila said to Ammonios: "If you had proved that some fault had been committed, I would have rebuked it. But there is hardly any question that this must be observed."