Declaration of village officials concerning the cultivation of land TM 24937unbekanntspätes I - frühes II

Fragmentary declaration by village tax collectors and village elders, who undertake that in the current 12th year the land will be farmed by suitable, well-off farmers, that no land will be left unsown, that seed issued will be properly sown, and that as much land as possible will be put under wheat and barley. It dates to the late 1st or early 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

Komopraktores were village-level tax collectors; the elders (presbyteroi) were village officials responsible for local administration and agriculture.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Erklärung mit Bezug auf Ländereien). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.