bgu.16.2566
[… ? lines lost …] παῤ αὐτοῦ τὰς καθηκούσας χειρογραφίας. μετρήσατε τάς προκειμένας πυροῦ ἀρτάβας ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ τέσσαρες, ὀλύρας ἀρτάβας τριάκοντα γίνονται πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι πδ, ὀλύρας λ ἔτους κη Καίσαρος Ἁθὺρ λ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 23288
Order to measure out seed wheat and olyra TM 23288Herakleopolites26. Nov. 3 v.Chr.
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The end of an order instructing officials to measure out 84 artabas of wheat and 30 artabas of olyra, after obtaining the proper written undertakings from the recipient. It was issued in the Herakleopolite nome on 26 November 3 BC, in the 28th year of Augustus.
In English machine translation
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[…] from him the appropriate written undertakings.
Measure out the aforementioned 84 artabas of wheat and 30 artabas of olyra; total: wheat 84 artabas, olyra 30.
Year 28 of Caesar, Hathyr 30.
Olyra is an emmer-type grain with no exact English equivalent. The grain was probably seed loaned to a farmer, for which a signed acknowledgement (cheirographia) was required.
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.