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A seed-grain receipt in which the farmer Horos son of Menandros acknowledges to the village grain officials (sitologoi) of Karanis that he has received an advance of seed for sowing in the 22nd year of the emperor Antoninus (Pius). It mentions kleruchic land and 5 arouras of royal land.
The figure 15 most likely refers to artabas of seed, but the text gives no unit, and its relation to the 5 arouras of royal land is unclear. Sitologoi were the village officials in charge of the public granary.
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 ιε κληρουχίας Ὧρος Μενάνδρου Πατσώντεως βασιλικῆς ἀρουρῶν ε
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