One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11421

Petition of revenue-land farmers of Euhemeria to the prefect Haterius Nepos TM 11421Arsinoites120 - 124

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Fragmentary memorandum or petition addressed to the prefect of Egypt, Titus Haterius Nepos, by farmers of revenue land from the village of Euhemeria in the Arsinoite nome. Only the address and the opening statement about their status as cultivators survive.

In English machine translation

To Haterius Nepos, prefect of Egypt, from […] [… 3 lines lost …] and of the revenue-land farmers with them of the village of Euhemeria in the division of Themistos of the Arsinoite nome. Being revenue-land farmers […], farming arouras … [… 19 lines lost …]

Prosodikoi georgoi were farmers of 'revenue land', a category of state-owned land leased out for rent; there is no exact English equivalent. The substance of their request is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Hypomnema der προσοδικοὶ γεωργοί des Dorfbezirks von Euhermereia an den Präfekten T. Haterius Nepos). 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 · 120 - 124 · Arsinoites

Ἁτερίωι Νέπωτι ἐπάρχωι Αἰγύπτου παρὰ […] [… 3 lines lost …] καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτοῖς προσοδικῶν γεωργῶν κώμης Εὐημερείας τῆς Θεμίστου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. προσοδικοὶ ὄντες[…]· γεωργοῦντες ἀρούρας … [… 19 lines lost …]