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Report of the village scribe Apynchis of Samareia on grain and seed TM 3064Samaria (Arsinoites)162 - 161 v.Chr.

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Fragment of a report by Apynchis, village scribe of Samareia in the Arsinoite nome (Fayum), dated year 20 (162-161 BC). It concerns grain matters of year 18 and seed for the sowing of year 19, but most of the text is lost.

In English machine translation

Year 20. From Apynchis, village scribe of Samareia. […] I reported (?) concerning the grain […] of year 18 […] towards the […] seed issued (?) […] the sowing of [year 19] […] to be available […] […] […] [… ? lines lost …]

The village scribe (komogrammateus) was the local official responsible for land and crop records. The sense of the damaged verb and the term for the grain matter in lines 3-4 is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragmentarischer Rapport des Dorfschreibers von Samareia). 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.heid.6.367r

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 162 - 161 v.Chr. · Samaria (Arsinoites)

ἔτους κ παρʼ Ἀπύγχιος κωμογραμματέως Σαμαρείας. […]ηνεγκα ἐπὶ τοῦ σιτικοῦ […]σμου τοῦ ιη ἔτους […]… πρὸς τα… […]…εθεντα σπέρματα … σπόρον τοῦ ιθ ἔτους[…]… ὑπάρχειν […]…[…]……δ[…] […]…κα… [… ? lines lost …]

p.heid.6.367v

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 162 - 161 v.Chr. · Samaria (Arsinoites)

[…]ε… πυροῦ […] […]… τοῦ […] ἔτους Παῦνι […] κθ […]τοῦ ζ ἔτους Παῦνι ια […]… πυροῦ ν … γίνονται πβ […]…[…]…ε… πυροῦ Αυνθ 𐅵 […]τοῦ ιθ ἔτους κριθῆς ξζ 𐅵 ἀφʼ ὧν γράφει […] μεμετρῆσθαι […]…μμ…… […]…κα…[…] [… ? lines lost …]