One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 12481
Copy of a land declaration by Aurelius Atisios with surveyors' subscriptions TM 12481Found at: Karanis299-302 CE
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Copy of a land declaration from Karanis in the Fayum, about AD 299-302, in which Aurelius Atisios registers plots of land, including unflooded land, with subscriptions by a scribe writing for him, two surveyors, three councillors acting as iuratores, an assistant of the decaproti, and a boundary-marker confirming the measurement. A damaged final section mentions a teacher and a cession.
In English machine translation
[…] of unflooded land, 2 arouras
[…] 1 1/16 aroura(s) (?)
I, Aurelius Atisios, registered the aforementioned arouras and accepted the measurement as set out above, having sworn the august oath. I, Aurelius […]ios, wrote on his behalf since he is illiterate.
I, Aurelius Aphrodisios, surveyor, together with Paulinos, fellow surveyor, measured the aforementioned arouras of Atisios. I, Aurelius Paulinos, surveyor, together with Aphrodisios, fellow surveyor, measured the aforementioned arouras of Atisios.
I, Aurelius Apollonios, councillor, iurator, was present at the measurement. I, Aurelius Kopres, councillor, iurator, was present at the measurement. I, Aurelius Heron, councillor, iurator, was present at the measurement.
I, Aurelius Sarapion, assistant of the decaproti of the toparchy, verified the measurement. I, Aurelius Pannous, boundary-marker, pointed out all the aforementioned arouras and omitted nothing.
I, Aurelius […], elder (?), teacher: it was executed in my presence […]
[…] having deposited the aforementioned […]
[…] I made the cession (?) […]
[…] true […]
[…] from the […]
[…]
[…] illiterate […]
Iurator is a Latin title for sworn officials who attended land surveys in the Diocletianic census. Many names are restored from the repeated formulas.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Copy of a Land Declaration). 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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