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Official letters to the strategos Dioskoros about sitologoi and a grain shortfall TM 9738Karanis (?) (Arsinoites)

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Copies of two official letters from Tineius Demetrios, a high official (probably the epistrategos), to Dioskoros, strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, concerning sitologoi (grain collectors), probably of Karanis. They deal with accusations against a secretary of the sitologoi and others over seized wheat and a grain shortfall, ordering repayment within 30 days and penalties.

In English machine translation

Tineius Demetrios to Dioskoros, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, greetings. […] Of the petitions given to me by Julius ⟦Anto…⟧ also called […] and the other sitologoi of the village […] of the nome under you, I signed the one copy and ordered it to be sent to you. Since, then, they accuse Heronas […] the secretary of the sitologoi and Hera[…] […] those who seized the wheat […] to demand the 61 drachmas of silver […] to the treasury, and nothing to have been added […] to have been handed over. See to it quickly […] immediately […] send […] Heronas and […] so that they may judge […] together with Pasion and his associates and those said […] truthfully towards flight (anachoresis) […] has been made known […] whose names are set out in the petition […] […] Tineius Demetrios to Dioskoros, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, greetings. The sitologoi, with whom a shortfall is shown at the measuring-out made […] by you from Karanis […] send to the […] if they do not pay within 30 days […] to exact […] and from those who further misappropriated, the fixed penalty, if the deficient measure is more than the granary's reserve of 100 artabas […], having examined with the royal scribe whether the new addition was made; and if anything is left […] […] I received, Year 31, Thoth 21.

Sitologoi were liturgical officials responsible for collecting and storing state grain. Many restorations, including the sender's name, are editorial.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Official letters). 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.15.2467

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Karanis (?) (Arsinoites)

Τινήιος Δημήτριος Διοσκόρῳ στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοίτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος, χαίρειν. …[…]… […] τῶν βιβλιδίων δοθέντων μοι ὑπὸ Ἰουλίου τοῦ καὶ[…]υ καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν σιτολόγων κώμης […]τοῦ ὑπὸ σοὶ νομοῦ τὸ ἕτερον σημιωσάμενος πεμφθῆναι σοὶ ἐκέλευσα. ἐπεὶ οὖν αἰτιῶνται Ἡρωνᾶν […] …θο… τοῦ[…]τὸν…