Fragment of a tax register from the Arsinoite nome, early 3rd century AD, listing landholders of the town elite (former gymnasiarchs, a former high priest, a former agoranomos, a former prytanis) with their areas of olive groves and vineyards and the sums due, including survey (geometria) and naubion taxes.
In English machine translation
[…] former gymnasiarch, son of Ar[…]…kos, through O[…]
[…] former high priest in the Demetrion, through […]
[…] 1/2 obol, total 11 1/16 arouras, in kind (?) 129 drachmas 5 1/2 obols […]
Soterichos, former agoranomos, of olive groves 1/2 1/16 1/32 1/64 aroura […]
Serenos, former gymnasiarch, (at) Phaistis (?), of vineyards 5 1/16 arouras, in kind (?) 12[…] drachmas […]
in kind (?) 156 drachmas 4 1/2 obols, for survey (geometria) 409 drachmas, for naubion […]
Stratokles, former gymnasiarch, former prytanis, through his heir a[…]
[…] 8 drachmas […]
Serenos […]
[…]
The abbreviation eid(on), rendered 'in kind (?)', probably designates a category of payment or tax whose exact sense is uncertain. Geometria and naubion were land taxes on vineyards and orchards, the latter originally tied to dike work.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.