Fragment of a register of land rents, recording leased arouras and the rents due in artabas of wheat and barley, with additional charges and impure (dirty) grain. It dates to the 3rd century AD and is assigned to Memphis.
In English machine translation
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rent 1 artaba, with additional charges (?) of […] artabas […]
leased 10 1/2 1/16 arouras, of which at […] artaba(s) […]
3 1/2 1/3 1/12 1/20 1/120 artabas; 9 1/4 1/8 1/32 arouras, […] artabas […]
of which 38 1/6 1/24 artabas of wheat, 4 artabas of barley […]
of barley 1/2 1/3 artaba, total 42 1/8 1/48 artabas […]
3 1/12 1/48 artabas; 9 1/6 1/24 1/48 artabas […]
42 1/2 1/3 1/8 artabas … of barley 3 1/24 artabas […]
dirty 1/48 1/2 1/12 1/48 artabas […]
of Phanes […] […]
at 1/8 1/32 of an aroura, barley […] artabas […] additional charges (?) […]
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The fractions are written in the Greek system of unit fractions, and their exact reading in damaged places is uncertain. "Prosmetroumena" are surcharges measured in addition to the main rent, and "dirty" grain is grain not yet cleaned.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as P.Leipz. 6 recto: frammento di registro della rendita fondiaria (riedizione)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.