Recto: Report from praktores sitikon; Verso: Note on contents
Recto: Report from praktores sitikon to the person in charge of lodging and distribution of corn; Verso: Table of contents
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31254
Declaration of grain-tax collectors to the official in charge of seed distribution TM 31254?: Herakleopolis, Herakleopolite nome, province of Egypt3rd century A D
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A sworn written declaration (cheirographon) from two collectors of grain taxes, Aurelius Thaiys and Aurelius Phounsis, to Aurelius Horion, a councillor of Herakleopolis appointed to oversee the sowing and distribution of seed grain in the 2nd toparchy (Bousiris and the Phebichis area). The body is lost after the address; a docket on the back identifies the document. 3rd century AD, Herakleopolis.
In English machine translation
[recto]
To Aurelius Horion, former high priest, former superintendent of the food supply (euthēniarchēs), councillor of the ancient and god-beloved city of Herakles, appointed for the sowing and distribution of seed of the 2nd toparchy, Bousiris and the area around Phebichis,
from Aurelii Thaiys son of Stephanous and Phounsis son of Pechysis, the 2 collectors of grain taxes.
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[verso]
Written declaration of the collectors of grain taxes regarding seed
The praktores sitikōn were local liturgical collectors of grain dues; the seed grain distributed to farmers for sowing came from public granaries. HGV describes the papyrus as containing two such declarations, though only one heading survives in this text.
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.
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