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Fragment concerning the inspection of an estate TM 32020Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Ägypten)253 - 268

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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] […] […] 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] […] (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.

cpr.35.69

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 253 - 268 · Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Ägypten)

[column i] [… ? lines lost …] […] τοῦ Πυθέου κλήρου […]των Ἀλεξανδρ[…] ἐνάρχου πρυτάνεως […] […] τῆς αὐτῆς […] καταπα… […] μενης τῷ ἄνω […] διάθεσιν ἐν… […] οἱ γεωργοὶ καὶ λ[…] […] φόρους του […]…νεδ…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [column ii] [… ? lines lost …] […] […] …[…] φ[…] […] […] …