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Minutes of proceedings before the procurator Cassianus concerning land TM 30295unbekanntIII

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Fragment of minutes of proceedings before the procurator Cassianus concerning land, apparently connected with a land inspection. It mentions 48 arouras, productive and unproductive land, a mother holding 7 1/2 arouras, and a demand for payment; it dates to the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] Trampling (?) of 48 arouras […] Cassianus, procurator, said: "He holds also over the […] is productive, but the other is unproductive." Hermes said: […] answered: "The mother has the 7 1/2 […]" "Can you then hand over also the […]" demand from those […] […] […] the unproductive […] […] Cassianus […]

The opening word katapatesis (literally "trampling") seems to be a technical term for a land survey or inspection, or for encroachment on land; its exact sense here is uncertain. The land terms translated "productive" and "unproductive" refer to land that does or does not yield a crop.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verhandlungsprotokoll im Zusammenhang mit der Landinspektion). 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.congr.xvii.pg54r

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

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