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Receipt addressed to the village grain officials (sitologoi) of Karanis acknowledging an advance of seed grain for sowing in year 22 of Antoninus Pius, linked to a plot of 6 arouras at Psenarpsenesis belonging to the Lurian estate.
The numeral 37 is ambiguous: it may be the quantity of seed or part of a reference, and does not match the usual rate of about one artaba per aroura for 6 arouras. The Lurian ousia was an imperial estate named after a former owner.
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 λζ κληρουχίας Ἡρακλ Ἑρμείου Ψεναρψενήσεως Λουριανῆς οὐσίας ἀρουρῶν ϛ
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