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Fragment of a sworn declaration of landholdings from Panopolis, listing small fractional shares of numbered plots in the Panopolite nome, divided into sown land and dry (uncultivated) land. It belongs to the archive of Ammon, a lawyer (scholastikos), and probably dates to AD 299.
Such declarations were likely made for the land census of the Tetrarchic period. 'Dry land' (chersos) is land that had gone out of cultivation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deklaration von Grundbesitz). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
![Declaration of property [299?]](https://library.duke.edu/papyrus/images/150dpi/181-at150.gif)
Declaration on oath from Panopolis (modern name: Akhmim), Egypt, written on papyrus. Lists small holdings in various numbered plots in the Panopolite Nome. Types of land include sown land and dry land. Part of the archive of Ammon, the well-known scholastikos, or lawyer
κοίτης ιϛ ἐσπαρμένης ἀπὸ ἀρουρῶν ἓξ ἀρούρης ἥμισυ ἑκκαιδέκατον δυoτριακοστὸν ἑκατοστοεικοσόγδοον χέρσου ἀπὸ ἀρουρῶν δύο ἀρούρης ὄγδοον ἑκκαιδέκατον δυoτριακοστόν Πανδάρων […] ὀνόματος Χ…ρεος κοίτης μη κλήρου […]…εως ἐσπαρμένης ἀπὸ ἀρουρῶν […] ἀρούρης ὄγδοον ἑκκαιδέκατον δυoτριακο…
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