A declaration by the veteran Julius Horion to the royal scribe of the Oxyrhynchite nome, registering his plots of land near Palosis, Nikostratos' hamlet and Sepho that were unwatered or artificially irrigated, listing each tenant and area. It is dated 6 March 226.
In English machine translation
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To Aurelius Nemesion also called Dionysios, royal […] scribe of the Oxyrhynchite nome,
from Julius Horion, veteran, of those honourably discharged. I register for the present 5th year of Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Caesar the lord, in accordance with the orders of the prefects and of Julius Sopatros, former epistrategos, the land which I hold that is unwatered and artificially irrigated near the village of Palosis: from the kleros of Andron together with the kleros of Menestheus, (leased) to Petseiris son of Herakleos, (land at) 1 artaba, unwatered, 2 1/4 arouras; and from the same to Herakleos son of Petseiris, royal (land), unwatered, […] arouras; and from the […] […] unwatered, 1 aroura; and from the same to […] son of Panechotes, (land at) 1 1/2 (artabas), unwatered, […] arouras; and from the rest of the kleros of Menestheus to P[…], unwatered, 1/2 1/64 aroura; and from the same to […] son of Alexandros, (land at) 1 artaba, unwatered, […] arouras; and from the […] to Thatres daughter of Pauseiris, (land at) 1 artaba, unwatered, […] arouras; and from the same to Sarapiades son of Ammonios, (land at) 1 artaba, unwatered, 3 arouras; and from the rest of the kleros of Menestheus to Thatres daughter of Aristandros, (land at) 1 artaba, unwatered, 1/2 aroura; and from the same to Sarapiades son of Ammonios, (land at) 1 1/2 and 1 artaba, unwatered, 5 1/3 arouras; and from the same to Petseiris son of Panechotes, (land at) 1 1/2 (artabas), unwatered, 1/4 1/8 1/16 aroura; and from the same to Petseiris son of Pauseiris, (land at) 1 artaba, unwatered, 1/4 1/8 aroura; and from the same to Thermouthion daughter of Aristandros, (land at) 1 1/2 (artabas), unwatered, 1 2/3 arouras; and from the rest of the kleros of Menestheus to Marcus Petronius Priscus, (land at) 1 artaba, unwatered, 2 1/2 arouras; and near the hamlet of Nikostratos, from the kleros of Ptolemaios and Philippos, to Petseiris son of Herakleos, (land at) 1 artaba, unwatered, 1 1/2 arouras; and from the same to Onnophris son of Petseiris, (land at) 1 artaba, unwatered, 1 aroura; and near Sepho, from the kleros of Parmenion, to Petseiris whose mother is Thaesis, royal (land), artificially irrigated, 1 aroura.
Year 5 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Phamenoth 10.
I, Julius Horion, have submitted (this).
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Unwatered (abrochos) land missed the Nile flood and could qualify for tax relief; 'artificially irrigated' land was watered by machine. Phrases like '1 artaba' refer to the rent or tax rate per aroura of each plot.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Return 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.