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Official letter from Haronnophris to Theomnestos reporting that Nikanor son of Apollonios has bought the natural pastures around Magdolon through him and the topogrammateus, and asking that the local police (phylakitai) be instructed to hand them over. A second, partly lost note from Semtheus repeats the order. Written in the Herakleopolite nome in late 212 or early 211 BC.
"Natural pastures" (autophyeis nomai) means grazing land growing wild, not cultivated. The topogrammateus was the district scribe, and the phylakitai were local police guards.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Landzuweisung des Haronnophris). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Ἁροννῶφρις Θεομνήστωι χαίρειν. ἐώνηται δι’ ἡμῶν καὶ τοῦ τοπογραμματέως παρ’ οὗ καὶ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν ἔχομεν Νικάνωρ Ἀπολλωνίου α… τὰς περὶ Μαγδῶλον αὐτοφυεῖς νομάς. καλῶς οὖν ποιήσεις συντάξαι τοῖς παρὰ σοῦ φυλακίταις προέσθαι αὐτῶι. ἔρρωσο ἔτους ια Ἁθὺρ … [… ? lines lost …] Ἁρον…
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