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Report of unproductive land with grain dues TM 28992OxyrhynchitesII

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Fragment of an official agricultural report from the Oxyrhynchite nome, listing areas of public and private land in arouras with the wheat and barley dues charged on them, including surcharges and the five-artaba tax. It also records river islands washed away in year 18. It dates to the 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

[column 1] [… 16 lines lost …] [column 2] [… lines lost …] … of 'generous' (?) land, 8 2/3 arouras, 39 1/4 1/24 artabas of wheat, 21 1/6 1/24 artabas of barley, ⟦…⟧ Total 72 1/2 1/16 1/32 1/64 arouras, 347 1/2 1/3 artabas of wheat, 52 1/2 1/3 1/12 artabas of barley, with additional charges of 52 1/6 1/24 artabas of wheat, 7 1/2 1/3 1/12 1/48 artabas of barley, five-artaba tax 2 1/2 1/8, total 10 1/2 1/24 1/48 artabas; total 400 1/24 artabas of wheat, 63 1/3 1/8 1/48 artabas of barley. Of dry public land, 1/4 1/8 aroura, 1/2 1/4 1/48 artaba of wheat, additional charges 1/8, total 1/2 1/3 1/24 1/48. Total of public land 72 1/2 [1/4 1/8] 1/16 1/32 1/64 arouras, 348 1/2 1/12 1/48 artabas of wheat, additional charges 52 1/3 artabas of wheat, total 400 1/2 1/3 1/12 1/48 artabas of wheat, and the aforementioned barley. Of private land, under the whole heading, 4 1/2 1/4 1/16 1/32 arouras, 4 1/3 1/48 artabas of wheat, gratuity 1/8 1/48, additional charges 2/3, total 5 1/6 artabas of wheat. Total 77 [1/2 1/4] 1/16 1/64 arouras, 353 1/12 1/48 artabas of wheat, 52 1/2 1/3 1/12 artabas of barley, additional charges 53 artabas of wheat, 7 1/2 1/3 1/12 1/48 artabas of barley, five-artaba tax 2 1/2 1/8, total 10 1/2 1/24 1/48, total 406 1/12 1/48 artabas of wheat, 63 1/3 1/8 1/48 of barley, ⟦…⟧ and of the islands carried off by the river in year 18, 4 1/4 arouras, 25 1/2 1/24 artabas of wheat, additional charges 3 2/3 1/8, total 29 1/3 artabas of wheat. Of dry land […] 1/2 1/8 1/64 arouras, 15 1/6 1/24 1/48 artabas of wheat, additional charges 2 1/3 1/24, total 17 [1/2 1/12] 1/48. [… lines lost …] [column 3] [… lines lost …]

The 'additional charges' (prosmetroumena) were standard surcharges added to grain rents; the 'five-artaba tax' (pentartabia) was a separate levy. The reading of the first land category (diapsila) is uncertain in meaning.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Report of Unproductive 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.

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[1] [… 16 lines lost …] [2] [… ? lines lost …] διαψίλων ἄρουραι η 𐅷 πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι λθ δ κδ κριθῆς ἀρτάβαι κα ϛ κδ, γίνονται ἄρουραι οβ 𐅵 ιϛ λβ ξδ πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι τμζ 𐅵 γ κριθῆς ἀρτάβαι νβ 𐅵 γ ιβ, προσμετρουμένων πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι νβ ϛ κδ κριθῆς ἀρτάβαι ζ 𐅵 γ ιβ μη, πενταρταβίας β 𐅵 η, γ…