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Receipt addressed to the village grain collectors (sitologoi) of Karanis by the farmer Mystharion son of Keras, acknowledging an advance of seed grain for year 22 of Antoninus Pius (AD 158/9) for land at Kerkesoucha belonging to the Maecenatian estate.
The figures after the regnal date (24 and the fractional aroura amount) are abbreviated and their exact reference is uncertain; the Maecenatian estate was imperial land originally owned by Maecenas. Seed advances were repaid after the harvest with a surcharge.
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…
σιτολόγοιςΚαρανίδος ἔσχον προσφωνήσας σπερμάτων κβ ἔτους Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου κδ κληρουχίας Μυσθαρίων Κερᾶ Κερκεσούχων Μαικηναιτιανῆς ἀρούρης α δ ιϛ
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