Account of Land
Account of land, containing a division of a number of arourai according to the produce grown on them
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 31553
Account of sown land by crop TM 31553UnknownIIIrd century A.D.
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A fragmentary land account from Roman Egypt of the 3rd century AD. It divides an area of land in arouras by the crop sown on it (wheat, barley, lentils), with further figures, probably quantities of produce or dues.
In English machine translation
[1]
…
[2]
of which
sown with wheat: 10 1/16 arouras […]
212 1/4, 98 1/2
with barley: 3 1/16 arouras […]
76 1/2 1/16, 54 1/4
with lentils: 2[…] arouras
25 …
The meaning of the second line of figures under each crop is unclear; they may be amounts of seed, produce or dues in artabas. The aroura is an Egyptian land measure of about 0.68 acres.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Parcels of Land). 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.mich.15.718
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