bgu.16.2571
[… ? lines lost …] τὰς καθηκούσας χειρογραφίας[…] ἔτους κη Καίσαρος[…] Δημήτριος τοπάρχης. μέτρησον τὰς προκειμένας πυροῦ ἀρτάβας τριάκοντα γίνονται πυροῦἀρτάβαι λ ἔτους κη Καίσαρος Ἁθὺρ κθ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 23293
Order of the toparch Demetrios to measure out 30 artabas of wheat TM 23293Herakleopolites25. Nov. 3 v.Chr.
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The end of an order concerning seed grain. Demetrios the toparch instructs that 30 artabas of wheat be measured out, after the required written declarations had been given. It was written in the Herakleopolite nome on 25 November 3 BC.
In English machine translation
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the appropriate
written declarations […]
Year 28 of Caesar […]
Demetrios, toparch. Measure out the aforementioned
thirty artabas of wheat,
total 30 artabas of wheat.
Year 28 of Caesar, Hathyr 29.
Year 28 of Caesar refers to the reign of Augustus. A toparch was the official in charge of a district (toparchy) within a nome; the grain was probably seed grain advanced to cultivators.
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.