One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33244

Fragment concerning a share of land measured in ammata TM 33244unbekanntEnde VI - Anfang VII

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A small fragment of a Byzantine document concerning a share of land: half an aroura, more or less, and a portion of ten ammata said to have been ceded to the writer. It probably comes from a contract or a declaration about land, written in the late 6th or early 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] 1/2 aroura, more or less, and the share falling to you of the ten ammata ceded to me (as?) an allotment, but also ready […] […] [… lines lost …]

The amma is a Byzantine unit of land measure (a measuring cord), much smaller than an aroura. The genre is uncertain; the wording suggests a cession or sale of land.

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.

bgu.3.872

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Ende VI - Anfang VII

ἀρούρης ἤμισυ πλέον ἔλαττον καὶ τὸ ἐπιβάλλον σοι μέρος τῶν δέκα ἀμμάτων τῶν ἐκχωρηθέντων μοι κλῆρον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἕτοιμος […]ε[…]ε [… ? lines lost …]