One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30207

Fragment of a land register with boundary descriptions TM 30207Theadelphia (Arsinoites)Anfang III

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A small fragment of a land register (cadastre) describing the boundaries of plots, naming neighbouring owners Herakleios son of Pauseiris and Pauseiris. It comes from Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the early 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

On the west, adjoining (the property) of Herakleios son of Pauseiris […] part, a bare plot, and (that of) Pauseiris son […]

"Bare plot" (psilos topos) means an unbuilt, unplanted piece of land. The spelling ψειλός for ψιλός is a common phonetic variant.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment d’un cadastre). 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.berl.leihg.2.34r

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Anfang III · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

λιβὸς ἐχόμεναι Ἡρακλήου Παυσείριος[…] μέρος ψειλὸς τόπος καὶ Παυσείριος υἱοῦ[…]