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A declaration by the secretary of the plerotai of Philadelphia in the Fayum to Antonius Proclus, Cornelius Valerianus and their colleagues. He states that the public and estate land around the village has been adequately seeded and that flooding and sowing for the second year of Antoninus Pius are complete. It is dated 15 December 138.
The plerotai were village officials responsible for ensuring that land was fully irrigated and cultivated; the term has no exact English equivalent. Ousiac (estate) land was imperial property confiscated from former large estates.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Bericht des γραμματεὺς πληρωτῶν an eine Kommission). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀντωνίωι Πρόκλωι καὶ Κορνηλίωι Οὐαλεριανῶι καὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτοῖς ἀνδράσι […]ν Ἥρωνος γραμματεὺς πληρωτῶν κώμης Φιλαδελφείας χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ […] τὴν περὶ τὴν Φιλαδέλφειαν δημοσίαν καὶ οὐσιακὴν γῆν, ἐσχηκέναι τοὺς αὐτάρκεις σπόρους καὶ ἀπηρτίσθαι τῷ τε λιμνασμῷ καὶ τῇκατασπορᾷ τοῦ ἐ…
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