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Declaration of olive trees to the censitor Julius Septimius Sabinus TM 10352Kom Aushim (Karanis)Dec. 1st 298 A.D.

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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.

In English machine translation

To Julius Septimius Sabinus, censitor, from Aurelius Pankratios son of Ptolemaios, from the village of Karanis in the Arsinoite nome, making the declaration on behalf of my mother Heroeis daughter of Chairemon by her instruction. In accordance with the divine command of our masters the invincible emperors Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars, I declare to you that the aforementioned Herois owns, near the aforementioned village of Karanis, of the fourth and fifth toparchy of the Herakleides division, in the 16th sphragis, in the place called Kiamoul, on private land, twenty-four olive trees, olive trees 24, whose neighbours are: on the east unowned dry land, after which the property of Atolas; on the west likewise unowned dry land, after which the property of Tauelma. And I swear the august oath that I have made the declaration truthfully. Year 15 and 14 and 7 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars, in the consulship of Faustus and Gallus, Choiak 5. I, Aurelius Pankratios, on behalf of my mother Herois, have sworn the august oath that I have made the declaration truthfully, and I have submitted it. I, Aurelius Heliodoros son of Isidoros, wrote on his behalf, as he is illiterate. There are olive trees on private land, olive trees 24.

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.

Declaration of Olive Trees

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE57073 · Dec. 1st 298 A.D. · Kom Aushim (Karanis)

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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Dez. 298 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

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…