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Declaration of catoecic land near Philadelphia for tax relief TM 11370Philadelphia (Arsinoites)25. März 202

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A land declaration submitted to the strategos, royal scribe and village scribe of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, following orders of the procurator Claudius Diognetos. The declarant lists plots of catoecic land near Philadelphia, registered under various owners, with regard to their flooding status in the current year, a declaration made to obtain tax relief. It is dated 25 March 202.

In English machine translation

To Demetrios, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, and to Kanopos also called Asklepiades, royal scribe of the same division, and to the village scribe of Philadelphia, from […]ntas (?) son of Herakleianos. I register, in accordance with the orders of Claudius Diognetos, the most excellent procurator of our lords the Augusti, the land belonging to me near the village of Philadelphia: of catoecic allotment, 1 aroura […] registered by transfer to Marcus Metteius Rufus, and 3 1/2 1/8 1/16 1/32 arouras […] bought (?), and 1/2 1/16 aroura registered by transfer to Anoubareios son of Petesouchos, and 1 1/8 1/16 1/32 arouras registered by transfer to […]a daughter of Onesis, which have been artificially irrigated (?) for the present year. Therefore I submit this. Registered with the strategos, year 10, Phamenoth 29. Registered with the royal scribe, year 10, Phamenoth 29. […]as, village scribe, through Pet…ros, assistant: I have received a copy of this for examination, year 10, Phamenoth 29. Year 10 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, Augusti, and Publius Septimius Geta Caesar Augustus, Phamenoth [29].

Such declarations reported land not reached by the Nile flood (abrochos) so that taxes could be remitted; the form ἠβροχηκυίας ('unflooded') is the key term, and the translation 'artificially irrigated' should be understood as 'left unflooded'. 'Registered by transfer' renders somatismos, the registration of land under a person's name.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Anzeige von der Nilschwelle nicht berührten Ackerlandes zwecks Steuernachlaß). 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 · 25. März 202 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

Δημητρίῳ στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοίτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος καὶ Κανώπῳ τῷ καὶ Ἀσκληπιάδῃ βασιλικῷ γραμματεῖ τῆς αὐτῆς μερίδος καὶ κωμογραμματεῖ Φιλαδελφείας παρὰ[…]…ντανος Ἡρακλειανοῦ. ἀπογράφομαι κατὰ τὰ κελευσθέντα ὑπὸ Κλαυδίου Διογνήτουτοῦ κρατίστου ἐπιτρόπου τῶν κυρίων Σεβαστῶν τὰς ὑπαρχ…