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Order to sitologoi of Mermertha to transfer wheat to Melanion TM 22451Oxyrhynchos

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An order from Claudia Diogenis to the granary officials (sitologoi) of the village of Mermertha instructing them to transfer 100 artabas of wheat from her deposit to Melanion son of Apion or his nominees. The wheat is from the harvest of year 5 of the emperor Antoninus, and the text comes from Oxyrhynchos.

In English machine translation

Claudia Diogenis to the sitologoi of Mermertha, greetings. Transfer from what you hold of mine on deposit, of wheat of the produce of year 5 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, to Melanion son of Apion, or to whomever he chooses, 100 artabas of wheat, total 100 artabas of wheat. I, Claudia Diogenis, have signed.

Sitologoi were village officials in charge of the public granaries, where private individuals could also hold grain on deposit and transfer it by written order. The regnal year refers to the harvest; which Antoninus is meant is not stated in the text itself.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to Sitologi). 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.47.3337

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchos

Κλαυδία Διογενὶς σιτολόγοις Μερμέρθων χαίρειν. διαστείλατε ἀφʼ ὧν ἔχετέ μου ἐν θέματι πυροῦ γενήματος ε ἔτους Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Μελανίωνι Ἀπίωνος ἢ οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῆται πυροῦ ἀρτάβας ἑκατόν, γίνονται πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι ρ. Κλαυδία Διογενὶς σεσημείωμαι.