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A short receipt addressed to the grain officials (sitologoi) of Karanis in which Horos son of Hatreis acknowledges receiving seed-grain for year 22 of Antoninus (Pius) for his plot of royal land of about 5 11/16 arouras. It comes from the Arsinoite nome in the mid-2nd century AD.
Seed-grain was advanced by the state to farmers of royal land before sowing and repaid with a surcharge after harvest. The figure 12 and the supplied word for cleruchy are uncertain in sense; the quantity of grain itself is not stated separately from the area.
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…
σιτολόγοις Καρανίδος ἔσχον προσφωνήσας χειρογραφίᾳ σπερμάτων κβ ἔτους Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ιβ κληρουχίας Ὧρος Ἁτρείους Καρανίδος βασιλικῆς ἀρουρῶν ε 𐅵 η ιϛ
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