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Account of Hermias for wheat and barley issued to individuals TM 32687Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)Mitte IV

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An account of Hermias recording distributions of wheat and barley, in artabas, to a number of individuals, including a citizen and a cataphract (heavy cavalryman). It dates to the mid-4th century AD and probably comes from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[column 1] Account of Hermias for wheat: To Dioskoros son of Hellas, 1/2 artaba To Amounios, 5 1/2 artabas To Eutychianos, 1 1/2 artabas To Melas, citizen, 1 artaba To Didymos from Philagris, 2 artabas To Paeieos, 1/2 artaba To Eponychos, 1/2 artaba To Mouses, cataphract, 2 artabas To Nemesianos, 3 artabas ⟦To Morion⟧ 17 1/2. To Didymos from Philagris, 1 artaba [column 2] Of barley: To Petronios, 1 artaba To Dioskoros son of Hellas, 1 1/2 artabas To Amounios, 7 1/2 artabas To Eutychianos, 7 1/2 artabas To Sarapion, 3 artabas To Morion, … artabas To Didymos, citizen, … artabas To Nemesianos, … artabas 30 1/3 1/12 artabas

The text belongs to the Abinnaeus archive; a cataphract was a heavily armoured cavalry soldier. 'Citizen' (polites) probably means a resident of a city, as distinct from a villager or soldier.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · Mitte IV · Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)

[1] λόγος Ἑρμία σίτου Διοσκόρῳ Ἑλλᾶ ἀρτάβης 𐅵 Ἀμουνίῳ ἀρτάβας ε 𐅵 Εὐτυχιανῷ ἀρτάβην α 𐅵 Μέλᾳ πολίτῃ ἀρτάβην α Διδύμῳ ἀπὸ Φιλαγρίδος ἀρτάβας β Παειηῷ ἀρτάβης 𐅵 Ἐπωνύχῳ ἀρτάβης 𐅵 Μουσῇ καταφράκτῳ ἀρτάβας β Νεμεσιανῷ ἀρτάβας γ ιζ 𐅵 Διδύμῳ ἀπὸ Φιλαγρίδος ἀρτάβην α [2] κριθῆς Πετρωνίῳ…