One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29453
Register of dues on grain-land by village in the Arsinoite nome TM 29453Arsinoites138 - 161
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Fragment of a register listing, village by village, areas of grain-land in arouras and the money dues charged on them in the Arsinoite nome, collected through the farmers. It dates to the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161).
In English machine translation
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[...] for grain-land, through the farmers [...] the
[...] year [...] of Antoninus Caesar
the lord. It is as follows: [...]
[...]
[Of which] the breakdown by village is:
Onniton Koite, 72 1/4 [...] 1/64 arouras [...]
Ptolemais Hormou, 24 1/2 1/8 1/16 1/64 arouras [...]
Psinaryo, 106 1/4 arouras [...]
Tanchoiris, 12 2/3 1/8 1/16 1/64 arouras [...]
Philopator, 4 2/3 arouras [...]
Nautoi, 7 1/4 1/32 1/64 arouras [...]
Nabla, 101 1/2 1/32 arouras, 267 drachmas, 4 chalkoi, 1 chalkous [...]
Aphroditopolis, 10 1/32 arouras [...]
Arsinoe, 509 1/2 1/16 arouras [...]
Neilopolis, 74 1/4 arouras [...]
Letopolis, 19 arouras [...]
Lower Psenyris, 70 1/64 arouras [...]
Bakchias, 232 1/2 1/8 1/16 arouras [...]
Of which those through the people from Karanis [...]
the remainder through the people of the village [...]
Total of the above, [626 drachmas 5 obols]
626 drachmas 5 obols
Sebennytos, 462 1/2 1/16 1/32 1/64 arouras [...]
Perseon, 31 1/8 1/16 1/64 arouras [...]
Boubastos, 101 1/2 1/16 1/64 arouras [...]
Upper Psenyris, 143 1/8 1/16 arouras [...]
Psenarpsenesis, 270 1/4 1/8 arouras, 500[+] drachmas [...]
Nestou Epoikion, 10 1/2 arouras, 9 drachmas [...]
Drymos of Philadelphia, 291 1/4 arouras [...]
Exo Pseur, 118 1/32 1/64 arouras, [...] drachmas
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Fractions of arouras are written as sums of unit fractions; some fraction readings are uncertain. The total of 626 drachmas 5 obols is partly restored from the margin.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Registre de redevances pour de la terre à blé). 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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