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Declaration of sown private land by basin TM 15781Pesla (Hermopolites) oder Hermopolis

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Fragmentary declaration addressed to an official, dated by the reign of Diocletian and Maximian, listing parcels of sown private land in arouras by basin and former holding. It comes from Pesla in the Hermopolite nome or from Hermopolis.

In English machine translation

[column 1] […] of Diocletian the […] and […] … Olympi[…] [without the guardianship of a] father's authority (?) […] greetings. […] of Diocletian and Maximian […] the most illustrious Caesars […] our […] […] […] 14 […] […] sown arouras […] […] … 1/8 (?) […] sown arouras 10[…] […] sown arouras […] […] arouras 1/4 1/8 […] arouras 1/4 1/8 […] [column 2] 68 … … …enneus … of private land, sown, arouras […] and […] in the (holding) of Menelaos, of private land, sown, arouras […] […] in the (holding) of […]nos, of private land, sown, arouras […] 2(?) [basin] in the (holding) of Apollophanes, of private land, sown, arouras […] 25 basin in the (holding) of Ph…lios, of private land, sown, arouras […] 23 basin in the (holding) of …dis…on, of private land, sown, arouras […] 26 basin in the (holding) of Poliandos, of private land, sown, arouras […]

A koite is an irrigation basin used to locate land parcels; 'in the (holding) of' renders ek tou plus a name, referring to an old allotment. The phrase about paternal authority suggests a sender acting as an emancipated or independent person.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · Pesla (Hermopolites) oder Hermopolis

[1] […]Διοκλητιανοῦ τὸ […] καὶ […]…αν…[…]…ιος Ὀλυμπι[…]τῆς πατρικῆς ἐξουσίας […] χαίρειν. […]Διοκλητιανοῦ καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ […]ἐπιφανεστάτων Καισάρων […]ου ἡμῶν κ…… […]…[…]… […] ιδ […] … […] ἐσπαρμένης ἀρουρ … […] … 𐅸 […] ἐσπαρμένης ἄρουραι ι[…] […] ἐσπαρμένης ἀρουρ … […] ἀρουρ δ η …