bgu.16.2575
Αρ[…]…[…] Πλη[…] Πεναρποχράτου καὶ τοῖς μετόχοις σιτόλογοις[…] κώμης. μέτρησον εἰς σπέρματα δάνεια τοῦ εἰς τὸ κε ἔτος Καίσαρος σπόρου […] […]… ἐκ τοῦ Ἡλιο[…] […] παῤ αὐτοῦ[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 23297
Order to sitologoi to pay out seed grain loans TM 23297Herakleopolites6 - 5 v.Chr.
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Fragment of an order addressed to Ple[…], son of Penarpochrates, and his fellow granary officials (sitologoi) of a village, instructing them to measure out seed grain as loans for the sowing of the 25th year of Augustus. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome and dates to 6-5 BC.
In English machine translation
Ar[…] […]
to Ple[…], son of Penarpochrates, and
to his fellow sitologoi […]
of the village. Measure out
for seed [loans for the]
sowing for the 25th year of Caesar […]
[…] from the Helio[…]
[…] from him […]
[… lines lost …]
Sitologoi were village officials in charge of the state granary. The 25th year of Caesar (Augustus) corresponds to 6/5 BC.
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.