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An order from Sarapous, acting through her husband Sarapion, instructing the granary officials of the Sko district to transfer 4 3/4 artabas and 4 choinikes of wheat from her deposit account to a woman named Taaphynchis. It was written in the Oxyrhynchite nome in January 176 AD, under Marcus Aurelius.
Sitologoi were the officials in charge of the public granaries, where private individuals kept wheat deposits that could be transferred by written order, much like a bank transfer. The name of Psois's father and the following word are uncertain.
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.
Σαραποῦς Διονυσίου διὰ Σαραπίωνος Θέωνος ἀνδρὸς σιτολόγοις Σκὼ τόπων χαίρειν. διαστείλατε ἃς λοιπὰς ἔχετέ μου ἐν θέματι πυροῦ γενήματος τοῦ διελθόντος ιε ἔτους Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Τααφύγχει Νεμεσάτος διὰ Ψόιτος Σαμβαθ …σεφὼ ἀρτάβας τέσσαρας ἥμισυ τέταρτον χοίνι…
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