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Fragment mentioning landholders in the Herakleides division TM 25516ArsinoitesI - IV

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A small fragment of a Greek papyrus from the Arsinoite nome (Fayum), preserving only a few words naming a man, son of Herakleides, and referring to two landholders and the Herakleides division of the nome. It dates sometime between the 1st and 4th centuries AD.

In English machine translation

[… 4 lines lost …] […]os son of Herakleides […] both landholders […] of the division of Herakleides […] [… 5 lines lost …]

The 'division of Herakleides' (Herakleidou meris) was one of the three administrative districts of the Arsinoite nome. The word translated 'landholders' (geouchoi) denotes landowners, often of substantial estates.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · I - IV · Arsinoites

[… 4 lines lost …] […]ος τοῦ Ἡρακλείδου […]… ἀμφότερος γεούχων […]…εως Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος του [… 5 lines lost …]