A small fragment from Hermopolis, dated AD 253-268, that apparently relates to an inspection tour of an estate. It mentions the kleros (land allotment) of Pytheas, a prytanis in office, farmers and rents. Only scattered words survive.
In English machine translation
[column i]
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[…] of the kleros of Pytheas […] of the Alexandrians (?) […] prytanis in office
[…]
[…] of the same
[…] …
[…] … to the upper
[…] disposition (?) in …
[…] the farmers and […]
[…] rents of the […]
[…] …
[…]
[column ii]
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(traces of 9 lines)
[…]
A kleros was a parcel of land originally allotted to a settler and often still named after him. The prytanis was the presiding magistrate of the city council; the reference to Alexandrians is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment relatif à la tournée d'inspection d'un domaine). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.