Return of unwatered land
Report concerning unflooded land.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21542
Return of unwatered land by Tiberius Claudius Zoilos TM 21542Oxyrhynchos163/64 A.D.
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Beginning of a declaration by Tiberius Claudius Zoilos registering land of his that had not been reached by the Nile flood, made in the 4th regnal year of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus (AD 163/164) at Oxyrhynchus. The description of the land itself is lost.
In English machine translation
From Tiberius Claudius Zoilos. In accordance with the orders concerning the registration of unwatered land, I register for the current 4th year of Antoninus and Verus, the Caesars, the lords, the […] belonging to me […]
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"Unwatered" (abrochos) land was land not inundated by the Nile in a given year. Landholders declared it in order to obtain tax relief. The name Zoilos is restored by the editor.
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.3.102
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[…]… […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]