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A nomination by Horos, village scribe, of Tourbon son of Harsonsis, aged about 29 and owning property worth 3,400 drachmas, to a compulsory public service connected with the transport of state-purchased wheat to the granaries at Neapolis in Alexandria. It is dated 22 December 183 and comes from the Arabia district.
Synagorastic wheat was grain compulsorily purchased by the state, here destined for the Neapolis granaries at Alexandria. The nominator guarantees the nominee 'at my own risk', i.e. accepts liability if he fails.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Nomination to a Liturgy). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν εἰς τοὺς ἐν τῇ Νέᾳ Πόλει θησαυροὺς συναγοραστικοῦ πυροῦ δίδωμι τὸν ὑπογεγραμμένον ὄντα εὔπορον καὶ ἐπιτήδειον τῷ ἐμῷ κινδύνῳ. ἔστι δέ· Τούρβων Ἁρσώνσιος μητρὸς Θασεῖτος ἀπὸ Τ…υ ὡς ἐτῶν κθ ἔχων πόρον οἰκοπέδων δραχμῶν ϡ σιτικῆς ἀρουρῶν ε δραχμῶν…
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