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Monthly grain report of the sitologos Dioskoros to the strategos Memnon TM 29162MemphitesII - III

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A monthly report from Dioskoros, a sitologos (official in charge of a public granary), to Memnon, strategos of the Memphite nome, listing the wheat measured into the granaries during the month of Mesore. Amounts are given by village and district, including Pinarachthis, the city, the metropolis and villages around Memphis.

In English machine translation

(Artabas of wheat) […] To Memnon, strategos [of the Memphite nome], from Dioskoros, sitologos […] Monthly grain report for the month of Mesore of the [current] [year]. The (artabas) measured in this month are […]: of the same village […] Molos(?), likewise of the village […] of Pinarachthis, (artabas of wheat) 200+ […] of the city, (artabas of wheat) 125 […] of the metropolis, likewise 6 1/2 […] of the gift-estate (dorea) district, (artabas of wheat) 5 1/2 1/3(?) […] of the villages around Memphis, (artabas of wheat) […] Pisil(?), (artabas) 27 […] […] 1/2 (artaba) […] […]

A dorea was originally a land grant made by the king; the term survived as the name of a land category or district. Several place names (Molos, Pisil) are abbreviated or uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Monthly Report of a Sitologos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.bodl.1.160

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II - III · Memphites

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