Fragmentary opening of a declaration of unwatered land from Oxyrhynchos, made in accordance with the orders of the prefect and an official in charge of inspections. The declarant registers land, including a plot from the kleros of Palladios, for the current year 2 (AD 218-219).
In English machine translation
[column 1]
[…] of Herakleides
[…] successor (?)
[…]as also called P[…]
[…] of the city of the Oxyrhynchites […]
[…] of Dionysios, in accordance with the orders
[…] [of the] most illustrious prefect […]
[…] [of the most excellent] official in charge of inspections […] I registered
[…] I register for the present year 2
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[…] from the kleros of Palladios
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This is the first of two declarations on the same papyrus. Such declarations reported land that had not been flooded so that it could be assessed for tax relief; a kleros was an allotment named after an original holder.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Two Declarations 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.