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A short record of seed-corn advanced for year 22 of Antoninus Pius to two farmers, Anchophis son of Petheus and Aphrodisios son of Psenarpsenesis. It lists the land they were to sow: 9 1/2 arouras of estate land in the 48th cleruchy and 3 1/2 1/8 arouras of revenue land at Kerkesoucha. It comes from the Arsinoite nome (Fayum), around the middle of the 2nd century AD.
Seed-corn was advanced to farmers before sowing, usually at about one artaba per aroura, and was repaid with a surcharge after the harvest. 'Ousia' denotes a confiscated private estate administered by the state; the expansion of the owner's name as Luria is uncertain.
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 μη κληρουχίας Ἀγχῶφις Πεθέως καὶ Ἀφροδίσιος υἱὸς Ψεναρλψενήσεως Λουρίας οὐσίας ἀρουρῶν θ 𐅵 Κερκεσούχων προσόδου ἀρουρῶν γ 𐅵 η
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