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[…] γεγυμνασιαρχηκότι βιβλιοφύλακι […] ἐγκτήσεωνἈρσινοίτου βιβλιοθήκης […] [… 3 lines lost …] […]Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου […] τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος […] ἐν τῇ κώμῃ […] […]… ἰδίας ἀρούρας κα […] […]…[…]… ι διὸ ἐπιδίδωμι τὴν ἀπογραφήν
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 26754
Fragment of a property declaration from Soknopaiou Nesos TM 26754ArsinoitesII
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Fragment of a property declaration addressed to the keeper of the property record office of the Arsinoite nome, a former gymnasiarch. The declarant, connected with Soknopaiou Nesos in the Herakleides division, registers land, apparently including about 21 arouras of private land. It dates to the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[To …], former gymnasiarch, keeper of the records […]
[of the property] record office of the Arsinoite nome […]
[… 3 lines lost …]
[…] of Soknopaiou Nesos […]
[of the Herakleides] division
[…] in the village […]
[…] … of (my) own, 21 arouras (?) […]
[…] … therefore I submit the declaration.
The property record office (bibliotheke enkteseon) kept registers of privately owned land and buildings, and owners had to declare changes to its keepers. The figure 21 is read from the letters κα and could be incomplete.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment einer Besitzdeklaration). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.