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Order for grain loans to farmers of Theogonis, Talithis and Kerkeosiris TM 3249Ghoran (Arsinoites)3. Jan. 250 v.Chr.

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An order from Diogenes to Thrasymedes to issue seed-grain loans of wheat-barley or old barley to farmers of Theogonis, Talithis and Kerkeosiris in the Arsinoite nome, to be repaid from the next harvest with the rents. It was written in early January 250 BC and found at Ghoran.

In English machine translation

[recto, inner text] Diogenes to Thrasymedes, greetings. Give orders to measure out, through Sentheus the myriarouros and Paophis the village scribe, to the farmers in Theogonis a loan for cultivation work and weeding, which they will repay from the new crop together with the rents in year 36, of wheat-barley or old barley, 594 artabas; and to those in Talithis 387 1/4 artabas; and to those in Kerkeosiris 3,128 1/4 (?) artabas. Farewell. Year 35, Hathyr 1. [recto, outer text] Diogenes to Thrasymedes, greetings. Give orders to measure out, through Sentheus the myriarouros and Paophis the village scribe, to the farmers in Theogonis a loan for cultivation work and weeding, which they will repay from the new crop together with the rents in year 36, of wheat-barley or old barley, 594 artabas; and to those in Talithis likewise 387 1/4 artabas; to those in Kerkeosiris 328 1/4 artabas. Farewell. Year 35, Hathyr 11. [verso] Sentheus, to Thrasymedes. Regarding cultivation work.

The inner and outer copies differ in the day (Hathyr 1 vs 11) and in the Kerkeosiris figure (inner copy reads 3,128 1/4, apparently an error for 328 1/4). A myriarouros was an official overseeing a large tract of land (nominally 10,000 arouras).

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 des 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 · 3. Jan. 250 v.Chr. · Ghoran (Arsinoites)

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