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Register of land holdings and leases in Arsinoite villages TM 28153ArsinoitesII

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A fragmentary register of landholdings and leases from the Arsinoite nome, listing cultivators, the type and size of their plots, and rents for year 17. Entries are grouped by village, including Ptolemais Arabon.

In English machine translation

Of Onneitis (?) Chairemon son of Didymos, grain-land, 4 arouras, for year 17, of the public land. Theano, mother Ammonia, catoecic land, 5 arouras out of 10 arouras, for year 17, of the public land, because […] Of Ptolemais Arabon, leased in year 17 for 3 years: Deios son of Souchion, from dry (uncultivated) land, 4 arouras, rent 4 drachmas each (?), from year 17, of the (land) under undertaking (?) […]

Line 7 is corrupt or poorly read and is left untranslated. The first word appears to be a village or person name in the genitive and its reading is uncertain; "hypóschesis" refers to land taken on under a formal undertaking or bid.

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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bgu.2.487

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Arsinoites

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