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Two returns of unwatered land near Peenno by Aurelius Theogenes TM 21915OxyrhynchusA.D. 240

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Two copies of a declaration by Aurelius Theogenes alias Apollonios of Oxyrhynchos reporting 4 arouras of land near Peenno that went unflooded by the Nile in year 3 of Gordian III. One copy is addressed to the royal scribe of the Oxyrhynchite nome, the other to the village scribe of Nemera and other villages.

In English machine translation

[1] 33 To Aurelius Ptolemaios, royal scribe of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Theogenes also called Apollonios, son of Diogenes also called Asklepiades, from the city of Oxyrhynchos. I register for the present year 3 of Marcus Antonius Gordianus Caesar the lord the 4 arouras of unwatered land, (taxed at) one artaba, belonging to me near Peenno, from the holding of Thrasymachos which has been ceded to Apollonios son of Apollonios son of Pauseirion. Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus […] […] [2] 34. To the village scribe of Nemera and other villages of the middle toparchy, from Aurelius Theogenes also called Apollonios, son of Diogenes also called Asklepiades, from the city of Oxyrhynchos. I register for the present year 3 of Marcus Antonius Gordianus Caesar the lord the 4 arouras of unwatered land, (taxed at) 1 artaba, belonging to me near Peenno, from the holding of Thrasymachos which has been ceded to Apollonios son of Apollonios son of Pauseirion. Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Pius Felix Augustus, Phamenoth. [I, Aurelius Theogene]s also called [Apollonios …] […]

Returns of unwatered (abrochos) land let the owner claim tax relief for land not reached by the flood; 'one-artaba' land refers to its tax rate. The numbers 33 and 34 place these in a numbered series of such documents.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Two 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.

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Returns of unwatered land

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE47481 · A.D. 240 · Oxyrhynchus

Two returns of unwatered land at Pe�nno from Aurelius Theogenes, numbered 33 and 34 in a series of documents, of which nos. 31 and 32 form P.Oxy. XII 1433. The first is addressed to the basilicogrammateus, the second to a comogrammateus.

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p.oxy.12.1549

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 26. Febr. - 26. März 240 · Oxyrhynchos

[1] λγ Αὐρηλίῳ Πτολεμαίῳ βασιλικῷ γραμματεῖ Ὀξυρυγχείτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Θεογένους τοῦ καὶ Ἀπολλωνίου Διογένους τοῦ καὶ Ἀσκληπιάδου ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως. ἀπογράφομαι πρὸς τὸ ἐνεστὸς γ ἔτος Μάρκου Ἀντωνίου Γορδιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου τὰς ὑπαρχούσας μοι περὶ Πεεννὼ ἐκ τῆς Θρασυμάχο…