One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 121962
Fragment of a land register listing sown private land and allotments TM 121962From Hermopolite nomeIV CE
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Fragment of a land register from the Hermopolite nome, listing areas of sown private land and plots from named allotments (kleroi), with the cultivators through whom they were farmed. It notes wheat and olyra crops, a sum of 2,950 silver drachmas, and land expected to be flooded.
In English machine translation
[Column 1]
[…] […] [arouras] […] year
[…] through […] dōros, sons of […]
[…] private land, sown, 13 arouras
[…]
[…] private land, sown, 1/2 1/8 1/32 1/64 arouras
[…] private land, sown, 11 1/2 1/8 1/32 arouras
[…] sown, 10(+?) arouras
[…] private land, sown, 16 1/2 arouras
[…] private land, sown, […] 1/2 1/8 arouras
[…] through […] for the third time
[…] through […] Agathos Daimon, for the 3rd time
[…] through […] -onomos, for the 3rd time
[…] private land, sown, 15 arouras
[…] of Dorion
[…] private land, sown, […] arouras
[…] through […] from Thynis
[…] in olyra
[Column 2]
[…]
wheat-bearing, through Silvanus […]
[…] arouras […]
P[…] […]
of the collection district […]
from the allotment of Hermagoras, through […] arouras […]
in private sowing […] arouras […]
They are: […]
sometimes […]
from the allotment of Sim[…]chides, through […] arouras […]
through Athenodoros son of […] arouras […]
from the allotment of Pausanias, through […] arouras […]
from the allotment of Gorgos and Phil[…], through […] arouras […]
in private sowing […] arouras […]
from the allotment of Gorgos and Phil[…], through […] arouras […]
through Hatres son of Siris […] arouras […]
of olyra […] arouras […]
and through Sotas son of Sotas […] arouras […]
[…] 2,950 silver drachmas […]
which will be flooded […]
Olyra is an emmer-type grain. A kleros was a land allotment, often named after an original holder, and the names persisted long after.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Land Register). 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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