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Account of work done by ox teams on agricultural holdings TM 28848Tebtynis (Arsinoites)II

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Fragmentary farm account recording the work of teams of oxen in year 17, starting on Hathyr 13, listing ploughing or breaking up of land in various holdings (one named after Phansetis) and the number of yokes used. It comes from Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome, 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

Work done by the oxen in year 17 Hathyr 13: breaking up (the soil) in the holding […] … arouras, first(?) 2 yoke(s) […] […] … 1 yoke […] […] in the holding of Phansetis 2 yoke(s) […] […] 1 yoke […] […] from the sowings in the holding […] 2 yoke(s) […] […] 1 yoke […] […] (from the) sowings in the holding […] yoke […] […] […] […] […] 2 yoke(s) […] […] […]

The term hyposchizontes refers to a light ploughing or breaking up of the ground; a kleros is an allotment of land, here named after its (former) holder. The reading 'prot' is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Conto dell’ anno XVII). 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.mil.vogl.3.148

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

ἀπεργασία βοϊκῶν τοῦ ιζ ἔτους Ἁθὺρ ιγ ὑποσχίζοντες ἐν κλήρῳ […] … ἀρουρῶν προτ ζεύγη β […] […]… γ…… ζεῦγος α […] […]ἐν κλήρῳ Φανσέτις ζεύγη β […] […]α ζεῦγος α […] […] ἀπὸ σπερμάτων ἐν κλήρῳ […] ζεύγη β […] […]…νος ζεῦγος α […] […] σπερμάτων ἐν κλήρῳ […] ζευγ […] […]… […]… […]… […