One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 220388

Fragment of a land register with plots near the hamlet of the Thessalians TM 220388OxyrhynchitesIII

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Fragment of a land register from the Oxyrhynchite nome, dating to the 3rd century AD. It lists plots of land by area in arouras, located by reference to an estate, a village, a dyke and the hamlet of the Thessalians, with one entry for hay and a wheat figure in artabas.

In English machine translation

[…] from […] of the estate (?), out of […] […] 1 aroura […] 1/4 […] of the estate, out of 25 arouras […] 1/2 1/8 aroura […] 1 1/2 arouras […] east of the village and west of the dyke, 1 1/4 arouras […] of the village, out of 1 1/4 arouras […] […] 1 1/2, 8 arouras, and east of the hamlet of the Thessalians, 3 1/2 arouras […] east of the estate, hay […] 505 1/4 1/8 artabas of wheat […] […] 1/2 […] out of 25 arouras, east of the estate […] […] 3 1/2, choinikes […] […] estate […]

The aroura is an Egyptian land measure of about 0.68 acre (0.275 hectare); the term rendered 'estate' (ktema) often denotes a vineyard or orchard property.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Registro catastale). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III · Oxyrhynchites

[…]υ ἐξ […]…[…] τοῦ κτήματος ἀπὸ […] […]…ος ἄρουρα α […] δ […]… τοῦ κτήματος ἀπὸ ἀρουρῶν κε […]… ἄρουραι 𐅵 η […] ἄρουρα α 𐅵 […] ἐξ ἀπηλιώτου τῆς κώμης λιβὸς δὲ τοῦ χώματος ἄρουρα α δ […] τῆς κώμης ἀπὸ ἀρούρης α δ …[…]… […] α 𐅵 ἄρουραι η καὶ ἐξ ἀπηλιώτου ἐποικίου Θεσσαλῶν ἄρουραι …