text_original: To fill the granaries and The policy stock the markets of the capital they had of Trajan the tribute paid in kind by the great corn  tn*the^coni^ bearing provinces. They had bought up large quantities of grain and fixed an arbitrary scale of prices, had forbidden the export of produce to any but Italian ports, and had watched over Egypt with a jealous eare as the storehouse of the empire, in which at first no Roman noble might even land without a passport.
text_transcription: TO FILL THE GRANARIES AND STOCK THE MARKETS OF THE CAPITAL THEY HAD THE TRIBUTE PAID IN KIND BY THE GREAT CORN BEARING PROVINCES THEY HAD BOUGHT UP LARGE QUANTITIES OF GRAIN AND FIXED AN ARBITRARY SCALE OF PRICES HAD FORBIDDEN THE EXPORT OF PRODUCE TO ANY BUT ITALIAN PORTS AND HAD WATCHED OVER EGYPT WITH JEALOUS CARE AS THE STOREHOUSE OF THE EMPIRE IN WHICH AT FIRST NO ROMAN NOBLE MIGHT EVEN LAND WITHOUT A PASSPORT
phonemes: tə fˈɪl ðə ɡɹˈænɚɹiz ænd ðə pˈɑːlɪsi stˈɑːk ðə mˈɑːɹkɪts ʌvðə kˈæpɪɾəl ðeɪ hæd ʌv tɹˈædʒən ðə tɹˈɪbjuːt pˈeɪd ɪn kˈaɪnd baɪ ðə ɡɹˈeɪt kˈɔːɹn tˌiːˈɛn ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk ðə kɑːni bˈɛɹɪŋ pɹˈɑːvɪnsᵻz. ðeɪ hæd bˈɔːt ˌʌp lˈɑːɹdʒ kwˈɔntᵻɾiz ʌv ɡɹˈeɪn ænd fˈɪkst ɐn ˈɑːɹbɪtɹˌɛɹi skˈeɪl ʌv pɹˈaɪsᵻz, hæd fɚbˈɪdən ðɪ ˈɛkspɔːɹt ʌv pɹədˈuːs tʊ ˌɛni bˌʌt ɪtˈæliən pˈɔːɹts, ænd hæd wˈɑːtʃt ˌoʊvɚɹ ˈiːdʒɪpt wɪð ɐ dʒˈɛləs ˈɪɹ æz ðə stˈɔːɹhaʊs ʌvðɪ ˈɛmpaɪɚ, ɪnwˌɪtʃ æt fˈɜːst nˈoʊ ɹˈoʊmən nˈoʊbəl mˌaɪt ˈiːvən lˈænd wɪðˌaʊt ɐ pˈæspɔːɹt.