Land - survey list
Uncials written along the fibres. The list differenciates between private and public land distributed according to pagoi. At the foot, in a different hand, is the incomplete signature of Asclepiades.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 15566
List of private and public land by pagus, signed by Asklepiades TM 15566?4th c. AD
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A fourth-century AD land list from the Hermopolite nome recording holdings of private and public land, arranged by pagus (administrative district). At the foot Asklepiades declares 6 arouras, plus 7 in his mother's name, with a grand total of 508 arouras.
In English machine translation
[… ? lines lost …]
3rd [pagus, private land] 15 1/4 … arouras
5th pagus, private land 12 arouras
public land 1 1/2 aroura
6th pagus, private land 30 ⟨arouras⟩
8th pagus, private land 97 1/4 1/8 1/64 ⟨arouras⟩
public land 18 arouras
9th pagus, private land 42 1/2 arouras
public land 15 arouras
10th pagus, private land 50 arouras
11th pagus, private land 52 1/2 arouras
public land 2 arouras
12th pagus, private land 64 1/2 1/8 arouras
public land 8 arouras
16th pagus, private land 3 arouras
Asklepiades 6 arouras
in the name of his mother 7 arouras
Total together 508 ⟦2⟧ arouras
A pagus was a rural fiscal district of the nome after c. AD 307; the aroura is an Egyptian land measure of about 0.68 acre. The closing lines with Asklepiades' name are in a different hand.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Liste von Landbesitz). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.preis.46
p.charite.11
[… ? lines lost …] γ πάγου ἰδιωτικῆς ἄρουραι ιε δ … ε πάγου ἰδιωτικῆς ἄρουραι ιβ δημοσίας ἄρουρα α 𐅵 ϛ πάγου ἰδιωτικῆς ἄρουραι λ η πάγου ἰδιωτικῆς ἄρουραι ϙζ δ η ξδ δημοσίας ἄρουραι ιη θ πάγου ἰδιωτικῆς ἄρουραι μβ 𐅵 δημοσίας ἄρουραι ιε ι πάγου ἰδιωτικῆς ἄρουραι ν ια πάγου ἰδιωτικ…