A preparatory report by Aurelius Harpokration and Aurelius Herakles, the two village and quarter scribes of Tebtynis, for the official inspection of unflooded land in year 1 of Severus Alexander. It lists acreages of royal land and of various imperial estates (Antonian, Senecan, Doryphorian) with their rent rates in wheat, barley and beans.
In English machine translation
From the Aurelii Harpokration and Herakles, the 2 amphodokomogrammateis of Tebtynis.
[Survey toward the] inspection of unflooded land of the present year 1 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, as follows:
[Of Tebtynis], unflooded: 3,588 1/2 1/8 1/16 1/128 arouras, of which
[royal] land: 355 1/16 1/32 arouras, of which those paying at the rate of 2 1/4 artabas of wheat and 3 1/3 artabas of barley: 100 arouras;
[at the rate of […] artabas of wheat] […] 1/2 1/12 1/36, 2 1/2 artabas of barley, 1/2 1/18 artaba of beans: 86 2/3 1/8 arouras;
at the rate of 1 2/3 1/36 artabas of wheat [and …] 1/2 1/8 1/3 [artabas of barley]: 20 1/8 arouras; at the rate of 1 2/3 1/16 artabas of wheat and 2 1/2 1/8 1/60 artabas of barley: 71 1/4 arouras; at the rate of 2 3/4 artabas of wheat;
[…] … 2 artabas of wheat: 76 2/3 1/16 1/36 arouras; total, the aforesaid.
Likewise [estate land] of the estates: of the Antonian estate of Vespasian
[62 1/4] 1/16 1/32 [arouras], of which those paying at the rate of 3 2/3 artabas of wheat: 47 1/2 1/16 1/32 arouras; at the rate of … artabas of barley: 4 1/4 arouras;
[at the rate of] … 1/2 1/22 [artabas of barley]: 2 arouras; at the rate of 7 1/3 1/24 artabas of barley: 3/4 aroura; at the rate of
9 1/3 artabas of barley: 6 arouras; total, the aforesaid.
[…] … estate: [30] 1/2 1/8 1/16 arouras, of which those paying at the rate of 3 1/2 1/12 artabas of barley: 4 1/2 arouras;
[at the rate of] … [artabas of barley]: 9 1/2 1/8 1/16 arouras; at the rate of 4 1/2 1/8 1/16 artabas of barley: 16 1/2 arouras; total, the aforesaid.
[…] of the Senecan estate, sold from the estate account, at the rate of 1 artaba of wheat: 4 2/3 1/8 arouras;
[…] of the Senecan estate of Titus: 5 1/32 1/64 arouras, paying at the rate of 2 artabas of wheat;
[of the Dory]phorian estate: 34 1/16 1/64 arouras, paying at the rate of 2 1/3 artabas of wheat and […] 1/4 artabas of barley;
[…] likewise 1,100 1/4 1/32 […] arouras, of which those paying
[at the rate of …] [2],898 1/4 1/32 1/128 arouras; at the rate of 1 3/4 artabas of wheat: 30 arouras; at the rate of
1 artaba of wheat, sacred … : 12 arouras;
[at the rate of] … : 28 arouras; at the rate of 3 artabas of wheat, sacred: 12 arouras, …
[…] 120 arouras; total, the aforesaid.
[…] there is land registered for crop confiscation, for which revenue […]
[…]
Abrochos land was land not reached by the Nile flood, which could qualify for tax relief after inspection (episkepsis). Several figures are damaged and the arithmetic of the restored totals is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Vorarbeit für die Episkepsis [222 oder 223]). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.