Land register extract and request by Aurelius Sarapas for correction of a land register TM 20737 20738Oxyrhynchus3rd century

Two texts from Oxyrhynchus: an extract from an official land list recording plots held by Apolinaria, alone and with Tsendemat, and a copy of a submission by Aurelius Sarapas complaining that land he had bought and duly registered still appeared in the posted register under the previous owner's name, asking that it be corrected. Third century AD.

In English machine translation

The two texts are in different hands and their connection is uncertain; the former owner may be Apolinaria. 'Catoecic' land was originally held by military settlers; 'pragmatikos' denotes the official handling the register.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Correction of the official taxing lists). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.