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An order from Herakleitos, toparch and supervisor of sowing, to Dioskourides and his associates (probably granary officials) to issue seed grain as a loan to a farmer for royal and catoecic land on several kleroi. It dates to the 23rd year of Augustus, Tybi (late December 8 to January 7 BC), in the Herakleopolite nome.
A kleros was an allotment of land originally granted to a settler; catoecic land was held by descendants of such settlers. The farmer's name and village are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Orders for Seed Grain). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἡράκλιτος τοπάρχης καὶ κατασπορεὺς Διοσκουρίδηι καὶ τοῖς μετόχοις χαίρειν. μετρήσατε εἰς σπέρματα δάνεια τοῦ εἰς τὸ κγ ἔτος Καίσαρος σπόρου εἰς τὰς σεσημασμένας ὑπὸ τοῦ κωμογραμματέως τῆς κώμης[…]ανοσκο…[…] περὶ Τοοὺ εἰς ἃς γεωργεῖ ἀπὸ βασιλικῆς γῆς ἐκ τοῦ Πτολεμαίου κλήρου ἀρούρ…
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