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Heading of a list, drawn up by two village scribes named Aurelius Arion and Aurelius A[…], of grain dues to be collected individually from the public farmers of Ptolemais Arabon and other villages in the Arsinoite nome. It dates to the 9th year of Severus Alexander (AD 229/230); the list itself is lost.
An apaitesimon is a demand list naming each taxpayer and the amount owed. The phrase 'allotted to the village scribeship' indicates the scribes held the post by allotment for a group of villages.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax List). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Ἀρίωνος καὶ Α[…]τῶν β ἐν κλήρῳ κωμογραμματείας Πτολεμαίδος Ἀράβων καὶ ἄλλων κωμῶν· ἀπαιτήσιμον κατʼ ἄνδρα σιτικῶν διὰ δημοσίων γεωργῶν τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος θ ἔτους τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξάνδρου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ ἔστι δε·…
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