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An account of olyra (a hulled grain) kept probably by a granary official, listing seed issued to cultivators for various landholdings, fodder for horses, miscellaneous expenditures, and monthly grain rations paid to named men and women from Pharmouthi to Mesore. It dates to about 250 BC.
Olyra is a hulled wheat (emmer); "for that of Iason" etc. refers to the land allotment (kleros) of the named holder. Many names in the Pauni ration list are restored from the parallel Mesore list.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account [ca. 250 BC]). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Account for olyra, written probably by a sitologos or other official of the thesauros. Lines 1-15, headed "sperma", give a list of seed issued to or repaid by cultivators of crown or cleruchic land. Lines 17-36 give various details of expenditure for horses and other purposes. …
[FrA,1] σπέρμα· Πανεῦις εἰς τὸν Ἰάσονος ὀλυρῶν λζ 𐅵 Πολέμων εἰς τὸν Θεοδώρου ροϛ, Ἀντικράτης εἰς τὸν Πολυαίνου νϛ, Ποκῶυς εἰς τὸν Τιμοκράτου ρκε, Ποκῶυς εἰς τὴν Θεοχρήστου διώρυγα ιη δ, εἰς τὸν Ἰάσονος ὀλυρῶν ϙζ 𐅵, Παούτης με, Νεχθωῦς ξγ 𐅵, Σοντεῦς εἰς τὸν Θεοκ[…], Σισόις εἰς τὸν…
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