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Fragmentary five-day report submitted by Aurelius Heron, a supervisor of sowing, listing people (probably cultivators) from a locality, in the Arsinoite nome in the 3rd century AD. Only parts of names survive.
A katasporeus was an official overseeing the sowing of state land with seed grain. The reading 'Potamou Themistou' may refer to a canal or a division of the Themistos district.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Rapport d’un κατασπορεύς). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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