Declaration of Olive Trees
A declaration of twenty-four olive trees addressed to the censitor Julius Septimus Sabinus in accordance with an edict of the emperor Diocletian and his colleagues.
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A sworn declaration to the census official Julius Septimius Sabinus, made by Aurelius Pankratios of Karanis on behalf of his mother Herois, listing 24 olive trees she owns on private land near the village. It was submitted under the census decree of Diocletian and his co-rulers on 1 December 298.
The censitor was an official conducting the new Diocletianic census of land and productive property; a sphragis was a survey unit of land. The mother's name appears as both Heroeis and Herois.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration of Olive Trees). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
A declaration of twenty-four olive trees addressed to the censitor Julius Septimus Sabinus in accordance with an edict of the emperor Diocletian and his colleagues.
Ἰουλίῳ Σεπτιμίῳ Σαβείνῳ κηνσίτορι παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Πανκρατίου Πτολεμαίου ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου ὑπὲρ τῆς μητρός μου Ἡρωείδος Χαιρήμωνος τὴν ἀπογραφὴν ποιουμένου κατʼ ἐντολὴν αὐτῆς. ἀκολούθως θείῳ προστάγματι τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν τῶν ἀνικήτων βασιλέων Διοκλητιανοῦ καὶ Μαξιμ…
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