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Order to sitologoi of Ophis to transfer wheat to Horion TM 22253Oxyrhynchites146 - 147

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An order from Dionysios son of Sarapion, acting through a friend, instructing the granary officials of Ophis to transfer 22 artabas of wheat from his deposit account to Horion son of Hermogenes at Sinary. It concerns the harvest of year 10 of Antoninus Pius and dates to AD 146-147 in the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

Dionysios son of Sarapion, grandson of Hierax, through Apol(lonios?) son of Heron, his friend, to the sitologoi of Ophis, greetings. Transfer from the wheat of the produce of year 10 of Antoninus Caesar the lord which you hold on deposit in my name to Horion son of Hermogenes, at Sinary, 22 artabas, total 22 artabas.

Sitologoi were the officials running the state granaries, where individuals held wheat accounts that could be transferred like bank deposits. The agent's name is abbreviated as Apol, probably Apollonios.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sitologi document). 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.38.2869

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 146 - 147 · Oxyrhynchites

Διονύσιος Σαραπίωνος τοῦ Ἱέρακος διὰ Ἀπολ Ἥρωνος φίλου σιτολόγοις Ὤφεως χαίρειν. διαστείλατε ἀφʼ ὧν ἔχετέ μου ἐν θέματι πυροῦ γενήματος ι ἔτους Ἀντωνείνου καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Ὡρίωνι Ἑρμογένους Σιναρὺ ἀρτάβας κβ, γίνονται ἀρτάβαι εἴκοσι δύο.