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Opening of a report by Theon, Herakl(…) and their associates, the sitologoi (granary officials) of Bousiris, to Herakleides, strategos of the Bousirite nome. It records 8 artabas of wheat measured at Bousiris from the 19th-year harvest of Antoninus Pius, credited to the arrears of the 17th year. It dates to AD 155-156.
The figures in the line with obols, and the heading numeral 9, are abbreviated and their exact reading is uncertain. The rest of the document is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Revenue Return). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
θ Ἡρακλείδῃ στρατηγῷ Βουσιρίτου παρὰ Θέωνος καὶ Ἡρακλ καὶ μετόχων σιτολόγων Βουσίρεως· ἐμετρήθησαν ἐπὶ Βουσίρεως ἀπὸ γενήματος ιθ ἔτους Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος ὑπὲρ λημμάτων ιζ ἔτους πυροῦ ἀρτάβας ὀκτὼ γίνονται ἀρτάβαι η α ὀβολοὶ γ 𐅵 ὑπὲρ πρακτορίας [… ? lines lost …]
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