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Declaration of flooded state and estate land at Philadelphia TM 15146Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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A land declaration submitted by Hatres son of Didymos, a public farmer of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, to the strategos, royal scribe and village scribe. Following an order of the prefect Tineius Demetrius, he registers 22 5/8 arouras of state and estate land that had been flooded by the Nile in year 30 of Commodus (AD 189/190).

In English machine translation

[recto] To Dioskoros, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, and to Harpokration also called Hierax, royal scribe of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, and to Horion, village scribe of the village of Philadelphia, from Hatres son of Didymos, public farmer of the village of Philadelphia. I register, in accordance with the orders of the most illustrious prefect Tineius Demetrius, in the area of the aforesaid village, of the state domain (dioikesis) and of the estate land (ousiakon), 22 1/2 1/8 arouras that have been flooded (irrigated) in the present year 30 of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord. I, Hatres, have submitted it. I, Horion, village scribe, have received a copy of this for examination. Year 30 of Marcus Aurelius [Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord] […] [verso] Hatres son of Didymos

The Greek ἠβροχηκυίας literally means 'flooded', a term usually paired with the opposite 'unflooded' (abrochos); such declarations were linked to tax assessment, and one catalogue describes it as a request for tax relief. The ousiakon was confiscated imperial estate land.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Antrag auf 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 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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