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A brief record of seed grain advanced in year 22 of Antoninus Pius to Sotas son of Horion of Karanis, for 4 1/2 arouras of public land. It comes from the Arsinoite nome in the mid-2nd century AD.
Seed advances were loaned to farmers of public land and repaid with a surcharge after harvest. The 'η' before 'kleruchy' is read here as a numbered kleruchy (former settler allotment), which is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Grain receipt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Receipt given to the sitologoi (village grain collectors) by a farmer for an advance of seed-corn issued to enable him to sow the lands assigned him. The distribution was made in the late autumn, and probably at the rate of one artaba of grain for each aroura of land. These adv…
σπερμάτων κβ ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου η κληρουχίας Σώτας Ὡρίωνος Καρανίδος δημοσίας ἀρουρῶν δ 𐅵
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