A property declaration from Oxyrhynchus addressed to the strategos Diophanes and the royal scribe Harpokration by Dionysia alias Sarapias alias Thamounion of Antinoopolis, acting through Sarapion son of Longinus. Following an order of the prefect Pomponius Faustianus, she declares her shares of vineyard, orchard and building land near the village of Sko, inherited from her ancestors. It dates to AD 185-187.
In English machine translation
To Diophanes, strategos, and Harpokration, royal scribe,
from Dionysia, also called Sarapias, also called Thamounion, of Antinoopolis, through Sarapion son of Longinus, from the city of Oxyrhynchus. I register, in accordance with the orders of Pomponius Faustianus, the most illustrious prefect, what belongs to me near the village of Sko in the upper toparchy, from the kleros of Apollonios: of old vineyard, in which there are date palms and fruit trees and reed beds, a half share of 4 1/2 1/16 1/32 arouras, being a quarter share of a total of 18 1/4 1/8 arouras registered in the name of my ancestors, declared through the public accounts in the times from year 3 of Vespasian and year 1 of Titus; likewise, of an orchard to the south of the same vineyard, with open ground, a half share of 1 1/8 aroura, declared through the public accounts to have been brought into cultivation in the aforesaid times; of building plots and open ground and a water wheel and a half share of the water installations, a half share of 1/4 1/8 aroura, which is the quarter share falling to me and my partner of the 1 1/2 […] aroura recorded through the public accounts as building plots. Neighbours of the aforesaid: to the south and east, myself and my partner; to the north, the vineyard of Sarapion son of Andronikos; to the west, a vineyard. And likewise I register the half share belonging to me near the same Sko, from the kleros of Posidippos, of an orchard of 16 […] 1/8 arouras. Neighbours on all sides, myself and my partner […]. And likewise I register near Monimos(?) […]
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Such declarations were made in response to a prefectural edict calling for registration of property; the references to accounts from the reigns of Vespasian and Titus serve to prove title. A kleros was an allotment of land originally granted to a settler, still used as a land-registry designation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration of Property). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.