A land declaration made under the imperial census edict by Aurelia Senpetechensis, acting through her husband Petearbeschinis, a priest of Panopolis, to the land surveyors of the Panopolite nome. It lists her private plots, some sown and one an olive and palm grove, in the toparchy of the metropolis, and is dated AD 303.
In English machine translation
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In the consulship of our lords Diocletian for the 8th time and Maximian for the 7th time, the invincible Augusti.
To the Aurelii […] and Apion, surveyors of the Panopolite nome, from Aurelia Senpetechensis daughter of Petechensis, through Petearbeschinis son of Horos, her husband, priest of the temples of the first rank of Panopolis. I register with you, in accordance with the divine command of our masters the emperors Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars, the property belonging to me, as measured and handed over to me by you, in the toparchy of the metropolis. It is as follows:
[…] private, 3 arouras […] and […] of the canal […]
[…] private, 2 arouras […] 3 (?) of olive and palm grove
[…] sown, private, […] arouras […] of Marion […]
[…] sown, private, […] arouras […]
[… 2 lines lost …]
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[…] 60 arouras
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[…] to have omitted nothing, and being asked the formal question I gave my assent.
Year 20 and year 19 and year 12 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars […].
I, Aurelia Senpetechensis daughter of Petechensis, through Petearbeschinis son of Horos, my husband, the priest, make the registration as stated above.
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[…] arouras […]
[…] of Marion […]
[…] private, 10 (?) arouras […]
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Part of the archive of the lawyer Ammon; the declaration belongs to the land census ordered by the Tetrarchs. 'Private' (idiotike) land means privately held land as opposed to public or royal land.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Landdeklaration der Senpetechensis und des Petearbeschinis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.