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Order to a sitologos for monthly wheat rations for slaves of Norbana Clara TM 22839Hermopolis (?)5. Jan. 66

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An order from Diodotos, a slave of the Roman lady Norbana Clara, instructing the granary official Metokos to issue a monthly ration of one artaba of wheat each to himself and to Sophos for Tybi. It is countersigned by Gaius Iulius Saluius and dated 5 January AD 66, probably at Hermopolis.

In English machine translation

[A] Diodotos, slave of Norbana Clara, to Metokos, sitologos, with Gaius Iulius Saluius countersigning, greetings. Measure out to me for the month of Tybi 1 artaba of wheat, 1, and to Sophos likewise for the same month, 1. Year 12 of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Tybi 10. I, Gaius Iulius Saluius, have signed for the 2 artabas of wheat, total 2 artabas of wheat, as stated above.

A sitologos was the official in charge of a public granary. The genitive 'Norbanas Klaras' is understood as indicating that Diodotos belonged to Norbana Clara, a Roman owner of estates in Egypt.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 5. Jan. 66 · Hermopolis (?)

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