Report of a land inspection on flooded and unproductive parcels TM 21039unbekannt209 - 210
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A page from a land survey (episkepsis) report recording the state of a parcel of land held by Heron and others, giving its assessed rent in wheat and barley and its history of being unproductive or flooded over many years. It mentions inspections by the procurators Pompeius Celerius and Claudius Alexander and was written in AD 209-210.
In English machine translation
Episkepsis was the official inspection of land to determine whether it was productive and liable to rent; 'hypologos' land was written off as unproductive. The regnal years refer to the reigns of Septimius Severus and his sons, year 18 being AD 209/210.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Blatt aus einem Bericht über Kataster - Revision). 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.hamb.1.12
[1] [… ? lines lost …] [2] ἡ ἐπίσκεψις ἑξῆς δηλοῦται. β σφραγῖδος ἀπηλιώτου τούτων, ἀνὰ μέσον οὔσης κώμης καὶ ὁδοῦ ἀγούσης εἰς τὴν μητρόπολιν ἕως ὑδραγωγοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπάνω σφραγίδων. Ἥρωνος καὶ ἄλλων ὁμοίως· ὧν ὁ φόρος ἐπεσκέφθη ἐν σπόρου ἀρούραις σιγ ιϛ λβ πυροῦ ἀρταβῶν φκϛ ϛ μη κ…