Fragment of a land register listing plots (gyai) with their former holders, their areas in arouras, the rate of wheat per aroura and the total wheat due. It dates to the second half of the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] of the 4th plot (gyes) of Epikrates, fatherless, mother Thermouthis (?)
[…] of Apollonios, out of 21 1/2 arouras […] 20 1/4 1/16 1/32 arouras at 9 2/3 1/8 (artabas of) wheat, wheat 1[…] […]
[…] of the 9th plot of Aglo(?), formerly of Demophon son of Demophon
[…] out of 11 1/2 1/16 arouras, 5 3/4 1/32 arouras at 6 1/3 (artabas of) wheat, wheat 36 1/2 1/8
[…] of Krateros, formerly of Heras son of Nikias and Papontos son of Neilos
[…] at 10 1/3 (artabas of) wheat, wheat 135 1/2 1/8
[…] of the plot of Philoxenos, formerly of Heras son of Nikias and Papontos
[…] at 1 1/2 1/24 (artabas of) wheat, wheat 10
[…] wheat 288 1/3
[…] formerly of Horos son of Psenesis and Psenesis son of Nestnephis
[…] 5 1/2 1/64 arouras at 10 2/3 (artabas of) wheat, wheat 58 2/3 1/8
[…] to the farmers […] apart from public (land) (?)
A gyes (plural gyai) is a numbered parcel or plot of land; the fractions of arouras and artabas follow the Egyptian system of unit fractions. Some fractional readings are uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Elenco di rendite in grano in un documento 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.