Return of unwatered land
Report concerning unflooded land.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21540
Declaration of unwatered land by Tiberius Claudius Zoilos TM 21540Oxyrhynchos163/64 A.D.
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Opening of a declaration by Tiberius Claudius Zoilos, made in compliance with official orders, reporting land he owns that was not reached by the Nile flood in the 4th year of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. Such returns allowed landowners to claim tax relief; it comes from Oxyrhynchus, AD 163/164.
In English machine translation
From Tiberius Claudius Zoilos. In accordance with the orders concerning the declaration of unwatered land, I declare for the present 4th year of Antoninus and Verus the Caesars, the lords, the […] arouras belonging to me […] which are unwatered, […]
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Unwatered (abrochos) land was land the annual inundation failed to reach, which could be exempted from or reduced in taxation. The amount of land and its location are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Returns of Unwatered Land). 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.oslo.3.100
παρὰ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Ζωίλου. κατὰ τὰ κελευσθέντα περὶ ἀπογραφῆς ἀβρόχου ἀπογράφομαι πρὸς τὸ ἐνεστὸς δ ἔτος Ἀντωνίνου καὶ Οὐήρου Καισάρων τῶν κυρίων τὰς ὑπαρχούσας μοι[…]ἀρούρας[…] οὔσας ἐν ἀβρόχῳ,[…] [… ? lines lost …]