Declaration of grain-tax collectors to the overseer of seed distribution TM 31253?: Herakleopolis, Herakleopolite nome, province of Egypt3rd century A D

Opening of a written declaration addressed by two grain-tax collectors, Aurelius Theus and Aurelius Phounsis, to Aurelius Horion, a councillor of Herakleopolis elected to oversee the sowing and distribution of seed grain in the 2nd toparchy. The body is largely lost; the verso carries a docket identifying it as a declaration about seed grain.

In English machine translation

A cheirographon is a signed written declaration or undertaking. The euthenia was the municipal office responsible for the food supply.

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