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Order to issue barley-wheat loans to two cultivators TM 3247Ghoran (Arsinoites)24. Febr. 250 v.Chr.

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A double document (inner and outer copy) in which Diogenes instructs Thrasymedes to have barley-wheat issued as seed or working loans to two cultivators, Sokonouchis (60 artabas) and Petesouchos (40 artabas), repayable from the next harvest with the rents. It was written in the Arsinoite nome (Ghoran) in 250 BC.

In English machine translation

[inner text] Diogenes to Thrasymedes, greetings. Give orders to measure out to Sokonouchis, for the land he farms in the area of Dikaios' holdings, as a loan for working costs, 60 (artabas) of barley-wheat, and to Petesouchos likewise 40 artabas. Farewell. Year 35, Tybi 3. [outer text] Diogenes to Thrasymedes, greetings. Give orders to measure out to Sokonouchis, for the land he farms in the area of Dikaios' holdings, as a loan for working costs, which he will repay from the new crop together with the rents in year 36, sixty artabas of barley-wheat, and to Petesouchos likewise forty artabas. Farewell. Year 35, Tybi 3. To Orthagoras, 11.

"Katergon" denotes an advance for the costs of cultivation, with no exact English equivalent. The final line "To Orthagoras, 11" appears to be a docket or filing note.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Le même au même. Prêt à deux cultivateurs). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 24. Febr. 250 v.Chr. · Ghoran (Arsinoites)

[int] Διογένης Θρασυμήδει χαίρειν· σύνταξον μετρῆσαι Σοκνούχει εἰς ἣν γεωργεῖ περὶ τῶν Δικαίου δάνειον εἰς κάτεργον κριθοπυροῦ ξ καὶ Πετεσούχωι ὡσαύτως ἀρτάβας μ. ἔρρωσο. ἔτους λε, Τῦβι γ. [ext] Διογένης Θρασυμήδει χαίρειν· σύνταξον μετρῆσαι Σοκνούχει εἰς ἣν γεωργεῖ περὶ τῶν Δικα…