Fragment of a land register (cadastre) from the reign of Hadrian, probably from Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome. It describes successive parcels of catoecic, estate and royal land with their area, rent rates in wheat and barley, cultivators and neighbouring features such as roads, canals and watering places.
In English machine translation
[column i]
[… 5 lines lost …]
[…] […]kleides (?)
[… 1 line lost …]
[…] water channel
[…] plots
[…] and the next
[parcel entered] […]
[… 1 line lost …]
[…] of catoecic land, 2 arouras
[…] of the parcel, of which
[…] [and in some] part dry land.
[column ii]
Neighbours: to the south … and in some part a road; to the north ενδεδ (?); to the east unproductive dry land; to the west a road.
To the south of these, with the previously entered parcels lying in between: of the Dionysodorian estate 2 1/8 1/16 arouras, paying at the rate of 1/7 1/20 1/120 artaba of wheat and 1/5 1/10 1/300 artaba of barley, through the cultivator Pekysis son of Satabous and partners; neighbours: to the south a field road; to the north a water channel and the parcel above; to the east a water channel and dry land; to the west a watering place.
To the south and east of these, with a canal lying in between: of royal land 2 arouras, paying at the rate of 2 artabas of wheat, of which through Areios son of Philippos 1 aroura, and through Panesneus son of Onnophris, deceased, through Panesneus son of Sambas 1 aroura, total as above; neighbours: to the south a watering place; to the north a canal and in some part a road; to the east a road; to the west the canal of Montilas, on which there are 2 shadoof stations.
To the south of these, with the so-called canal of Montilas lying in between: of the Dionysodorian estate, through the overseers, from the [parcels] above […]
The Dionysodorian estate (ousia) was a former private estate absorbed into imperial property. The fractional rent rates are rendered as written in the edition and may be doubtful.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Bruchstück eines Katasters). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.