A fragment of a land register (cadastre) from the Oxyrhynchite nome, 3rd century AD, classifying plots as private or royal land and naming holders, cultivators and former owners. One plot is recorded as sown with hay.
In English machine translation
private (land) of Anoubion son of Ptolemaios, 1 1/8 arouras […]
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private
private
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royal
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royal, private
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[…] through Heraklas, hay, 3 1/8 1/32 arouras, through Tiberius […]
[…] private, formerly of Athenarion son of Alexandros […]
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The abbreviations 'idiot(ike)' and 'basil(ike)' refer to categories of land: private land and royal (state) land. The fractional readings of the aroura figures are approximate interpretations of the numerals.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Katasterfragment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.