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Declaration of unwatered land near Euhemeria TM 10871Euhemeria (Arsinoites)10. Juli 168

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A declaration of unwatered (unflooded) land submitted by Ptollarous of Theadelphia, through her agent Dioskoros, to the strategos, royal scribe and village scribe, reporting 2 1/6 arouras near Euhemeria that the Nile had not inundated. It was filed on the prefect's orders in the 8th year of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus (AD 168) and is countersigned by the officials' assistants.

In English machine translation

To Phokion, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Themistos and Polemon divisions, and to Leonides, royal scribe of the Themistos division, and to the village scribe of Euhemeria, from Ptollarous daughter of Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios, from the village of Theadelphia, through her agent Dioskoros son of Heron. I register, in accordance with the orders of the most illustrious prefect, the unwatered land belonging to me near the village of Euhemeria for the present 8th year of Antoninus and Verus the lords Augusti, Armeniaci, Medici, Parthici Maximi, 2 1/6 arouras, which are, by entry in the account, registered under Tareotis daughter of Akousilaos. I, Phokion, strategos, through Alexandros, assistant, have signed. Epeiph 16. I, Leonides, royal scribe, through Harpokration, assistant, have signed.

Such returns allowed tax relief on land the flood failed to reach. The phrase 'dia somatismou' refers to an accounting entry by which the plot was still registered under another person's name, Tareotis; the exact sense is debated.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Return of Unwatered Land). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 10. Juli 168 · Euhemeria (Arsinoites)

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