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An order from Herakleitos, toparch and supervisor of sowing, to Dioskourides and his associates (probably granary officials) to issue 6 artabas of wheat as a seed loan to Kephalas for land at Koma, including royal land, and to obtain his signed receipts. It dates to year 23 of Augustus (8-7 BC) in the Herakleopolite nome.
The titles of Herakleitos and much of the wording are restored on the pattern of similar seed-grain orders. 'Cheirographiai' are signed handwritten acknowledgements of receipt.
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 [… 2 lines lost …] Κεφαλαῖς εἰς σπέρματα δάνεια τοῦ εἰς τὸ τρίτον καὶ εἰκοστὸν ἔτος Καίσαρος σπόρου εἰς τὰς σεσημασμένας ὑπὸ τοῦ τῆς Κόμα κωμογραμματέως[…] τοὺς περὶ Κόμα ἀπὸ βασιλικῆς γῆς[…] καὶ Ἀπολλοδώρου γῆς ἀρ…
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