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A short record of a seed-grain advance to the farmer Heraklas son of Herakleidion for land he cultivated: revenue land at Kerkesoucha and royal land at Patsontis. It dates to year 22 of Antoninus Pius (AD 158/159) in the Arsinoite nome.
The figure after 'revenue land' may be read as 10 1/2 1/4 arouras, and 'οβ' before 'klerouchy' is probably the number 72 of a klerouchic land unit. Revenue land (prosodou) and royal land (basilike) were categories of state land leased to public farmers, who received seed advances repaid with interest after the harvest.
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 Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου οβ κληρουχίας Ἡρακλᾶς Ἡρακλειδίωνος Κερκεσούχων προσόδου ἀρουρῶν ι 𐅵 δ Πατσώντεως βασιλικῆς ἀρουρῶν δ 𐅵
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