Fragment of a land survey report from Hermopolis, dating to AD 253-268. It lists plots by owner with their areas in arouras, noting whether they were sown, lay in boundary strips, or were affected by dykes and embankments.
In English machine translation
[column i]
[…]
[…] 9 1/4 1/30 1/2 (?)
[…]
[…]
[…] the aforesaid
[…] the aforesaid
[…] the aforesaid
[…]
[…]
[…] remaining (?), 2 arouras
[…]
[column ii]
[…]
[…] the aforesaid
[…] sown, the aforesaid […]
(Land) of Psinthaubastis son of Dionysios, 2 arouras, in the river […]
(Land) of Monkanei son of Mikkyllion, 5 arouras, sown, the aforesaid
(Land) of Antimachos, 12 arouras, sown, the aforesaid
(Land) of Pausanias, 2 1/2 arouras, sown, the aforesaid
(Land) of Phaidimos, 1/4 1/8 1/16 1/64 aroura, which is in the boundary strips
(Land) of Thotes, from the (estate) of Soloitaureinos, 19 3/4 arouras
[…] of dykes (?) […] embankments and spoil-heaps […]
(Land) of Menneus son of Theophilos, 1 aroura, which is in the boundary strips […]
(Land) of Thrages, from the (estate) of […], 20 arouras, sown, the aforesaid
(Land) of Pitho[…], sown, the aforesaid
The parorismoi are strips of land along plot boundaries, often marginal or disputed. The figures at the top of column i are uncertain fractions.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment d'un rapport d'inspection cadastrale). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.