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Land account of plots and barley dues TM 31700MemphisIII

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A fragmentary land account listing plots measured in arouras, their holders, and dues or yields in barley. It mentions allotments (kleroi) held in the names of various individuals, including one belonging to a man who died without heirs. It dates to the 3rd century AD and is attributed to Memphis.

In English machine translation

[recto] […]dos […] total 22, 23 arouras, […] artabas of barley […]ion, 1 aroura […]ion, Herakl(…), 4 arouras […]ion, 3 arouras […] 23 48 (?) … of barley [verso] […] of Asklas son of Panomieus, without heirs […] […] […] holding (kleros) in the name of Anoubion also called Ko[…] […] in the name of Imouthes son of Nosthaesis, pela[…] […] … at the rate per aroura, arouras 3 up to 24 […]oples (?) son of Pannos […] […] [Tha]esis son of Tereus and partners […] […] Kollouthos and others … Horos … […] […] up to 24, arouras …

A kleros was an allotment of land originally granted to a settler; 'without heirs' (akleronometos) suggests land whose holder left no successor, which typically reverted to the state. The final line consists of numerals and abbreviations that cannot be securely interpreted.

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.

p.leipz.26

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

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