Episkepsis Report
Part of a report concerning the conditions of inundation of different persons' land; the personal names are typical of the Theban area
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28813
Inspection report on the inundation of private landholdings TM 28813Theban area (Peri Thebas or Hermonthite nome?), Thebais, province of EgyptIInd century/IIIrd century A.D.
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Fragment of an inspection (episkepsis) report recording, landholder by landholder, how much of each plot was flooded, artificially irrigated or left unflooded. The holders include Egyptians and Roman citizens such as Lucius Tullius Proculus and Julia Ammon. It comes from the Theban area and dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
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of Senkametis [...] ...os and [...]
1/8 1/32 1/64 aroura, of which artificially irrigated 1/32 1/64 aroura, unflooded [...]
of Senpamonthes daughter of Pamonthes and [...]
1/16 1/32 1/64 aroura, of which artificially irrigated 1/32 aroura, unflooded [...]
Lucius Tullius Proculus and the [...]
of which artificially irrigated 1/16 1/64 aroura, unflooded [...] aroura [...]
of Senpamonthes daughter of Pamonthes, son of Pamonthes [...]
1/32 1/64 aroura, of which artificially irrigated 1/64 aroura, unflooded [...] aroura [...]
of Taremphis daughter of Harmiysis, (wife?) of the tribune [...]
of which flooded 1/64 aroura, artificially irrigated 1/2 1/16 1/24 aroura [...]
Petosorauchis son of Trisimachos and the [...]
of which artificially irrigated 1/32 aroura, unflooded [...] aroura [...]
Kallikrates son of Hera[...]
Phthom[...]
3 1/2 arouras, of which artificially irrigated [...]
of Stithoes also called [...]
Julia Ammon also called S[...]
of which artificially irrigated 3 1/2 arouras [...]
Land was classified as flooded (bebregmene), artificially irrigated (epentlemene, watered by machines) or unflooded (abrochos) for tax assessment. Fractional aroura amounts follow Egyptian unit fractions.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Part of an ΕΠΙΣΚΕΨΙΣ Report [Edition hat versehentlich ΕΠΙΣΚΗΨΙΣ]). 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.15.705
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