Return of unwatered land
Report concerning unflooded land.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21544
Declaration of unwatered land by Tiberius Claudius Zoilos TM 21544Oxyrhynchos163/64 A.D.
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Opening of a declaration of unwatered (unflooded) land submitted by Tiberius Claudius Zoilos at Oxyrhynchus for the 4th regnal year of Marcus Aurelius (Antoninus) and Lucius Verus, AD 163/164. 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 present 4th year of Antoninus and Verus, the Caesars, the lords, the [land] belonging to me […]
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Unwatered (abrochos) land was land the Nile flood failed to reach; owners declared it to obtain tax relief for that year. The addressee and the land details 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.3.104
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 …]