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A short receipt addressed to the village grain officials (sitologoi) of Karanis acknowledging an advance of seed grain in year 22 of Antoninus Pius. The recipient, Deios son of Horos, declares that he received seed for 10 arouras of land in the 47th kleruchy. It comes from the Arsinoite nome in the mid 2nd century AD.
Seed grain was advanced to farmers in autumn and repaid with interest after the harvest. The phrase 'sacred (land) of Severus' is obscure and may designate a category or former owner of the land.
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 μζ κληρουχίας Δεῖος Ὥρου ἱερᾶς Σεουήρου ἀρουρῶν ι
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