Survey of Land
Survey of various plots of land some of which at least have joint owners
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28812
Survey of land plots north and south of a village TM 28812UnknownIInd century A.D.
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A fragmentary land survey from Roman Egypt listing plots, including vineyard and embanked land, located north and south of a village. It describes fractions of named plots by their position and notes some held jointly, for example with a certain Didymos.
In English machine translation
[…] […]
[…] vineyard 71
[…] arouras
[…] of the overflow channel (?)
[and from] the north [of the village] […] part of the
[…] […], and in the (plot) called 'of 4 arouras'
[…] part, from the eastern part, south
[to] north, being held in common with Didymos, the part from the
[south] and west, 36; and in the
(plot) called 'of […] arouras', beginning from the east, 1/2 part, south to north;
[and] from the south of the village, from the (plot of) 12 arouras, beginning
[from the] south, 1/2 part, alongside (?) 3 reed-beds (?), west to east;
[and] from the other 3, 1 embanked plot, of 1 aroura,
beginning from the south, likewise west to east; and in the
embanked plot called 'of 51 arouras', 15th part, from the
western part, south to north
[…] allotted (?) to Heronas (?), but common
[…] of all.
A perichoma is an embanked plot of land enclosed by dikes. Many abbreviations and numbers are uncertain, so the fractions and areas given are tentative.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Survey of Land). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.15.704
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