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Fragment of a sitologoi account of wheat deliveries at Theadelphia TM 818179Theadelphia (Arsinoites)II

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Fragment of a daily account kept by granary officials (sitologoi) recording wheat payments by named individuals from Theadelphia, distinguished as dues on public land or on katoikic (settler) land, with daily totals. It dates to the 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

21st: Tourbon son of Mysthes, of Theadelphia, public land, wheat 3 1/2 artabas Sarapias daughter of Philippos, of Theadelphia, katoikic land, wheat 7 1/3 1/24 artabas Char[…], public land, wheat 3 1/2 1/8 artabas Thaubarion daughter of Herakleides son of Neon, contributing for Herakl[…] Ptol[…], of Theadelphia, katoikic land, wheat 3 1/4 artabas Heron son of Dioskoros, deacon(?), public land, wheat 2 artabas Pnepheros son of Horos, for transport charge, katoikic land, wheat 1 1/2 artabas Total for the day: wheat 21 1/4 artabas, of which Theadelphia public land wheat 9 1/8 artabas, transport charge katoikic land wheat 1 1/2 artabas, total wheat 10 1/2 1/8 artabas, and through the cleruchs wheat 10 1/2 1/8 artabas, total the aforesaid. […] […], public land, wheat 3 1/3 artabas […], of Theadelphia, katoikic land, wheat 1 1/6 artabas [Total for the day: wheat 4] 1/2 artabas.

Katoikic land was land originally held by military settlers, taxed differently from public (royal) land. The abbreviation read as 'deacon' (diak.) is uncertain in this 2nd-century context.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment d'un compte de sitologues). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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bgu.22.2911

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

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