Fragment of a land register or property declaration listing plots belonging to an estate, with their locations, categories (olive grove, private dry land, sown land) and areas in arouras, noting their present condition. From Roman Egypt, 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] of the share (?) of the same estate
[…] in the place called 'of Laros', of rent-bearing olive grove, 5 1/4 (?) arouras […]
[…] now cut down
[…] in the place called 'Pian of Tryphon', of private dry land
[…] with wood (scrub), 4 arouras […]
[…] in the same condition
[…] in the place called 'Pian of Thiakos', of private sown land, […] arouras
[…] now unsown and unflooded
[…] in the same place, of private dry land with wood (scrub), 1 aroura […]
[…] in the same condition
Ousia here denotes a large (often formerly imperial or private) estate. 'Chersos' is dry, uncultivated land; 'xylitis' land bearing trees or scrub.
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.