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Petition for boundary survey of land near Sinary encroached by neighbours TM 29220OxyrhynchitesII - III

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A petition from Demetrios son of Demetrios, a citizen enrolled in a tribe and deme, about 2 arouras of land he owns near Sinary in the Oxyrhynchite nome. His neighbours have encroached on the land, and he asks the official to instruct the village scribe Horion to go and mark off the boundaries of the field.

In English machine translation

[...] [...]...ou[...] [...]m...demo[...] [from] Demetrios son of Demetrios, grandson of Horion, of the Eirenophylakian tribe and Althaian deme. I own near Sinary in the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the (holding of) Magaischros together with that of Eukleides, 2 arouras, the annual public dues on which I pay out of my own means. But those who border on them have made an encroachment, on account of which, wishing these (arouras) to be marked off, I ask you to write to Horion, the village scribe of the village, to go out [and] mark off the field ...[...] [...]to...[...] [...]

The tribe and deme names (Eirenophylakios, Althaieus) belong to the citizen organization of Antinoopolis or Alexandria. 'Of Magaischros' and 'of Eukleides' probably name former holders of the land plots (kleroi).

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petition). 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.13.2243

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II - III · Oxyrhynchites

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