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A short record of seed grain advanced in year 22 of Antoninus Pius (AD 158/159) for land in the kleruchy of Kerkesoucha belonging to the Severianic estate, in the Arsinoite nome. The farmer Pasion son of Petheus is listed for just under 2 arouras.
The figure 78 (οη) is of uncertain meaning, perhaps an entry or lot number. The Severianic estate (ousia) was an imperial estate, originally the property of a private owner, that passed to the emperor.
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 οη κληρουχίας Κερκεσούχων Σεουηριανῆς οὐσίας Πασίων Πεθέως ἀρούρης α 𐅵 δ ιϛ
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