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A short receipt or register entry for an advance of seed-corn for year 22 of Antoninus Pius (AD 158/159), issued to the brothers Petalos son of Sisoïs and Satabous of Karanis in the Arsinoite nome for 11 1/8 arouras of land belonging to the Lurian estate. Such advances were repaid with interest after the harvest.
The figure 31 and the abbreviated 'kl(...)', perhaps 'cleruchy' or a land category, are uncertain in sense. The 'ousia' was an imperial estate, here apparently named after a former owner (Lurius).
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 Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου — λα κληρουχίας Πέταλος Σισόιτος καὶ Σαταβοῦς ἀδελφὸς Καρανίδος Λουριανῆς οὐσίας ἀρουρῶν ια η
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