Fragments of a land and tax account listing landholders (Isidoros, Achilleus) with areas of royal and private land and the dues assessed on them in artabas of grain, denarii and pounds. The back carries running totals in talents and denarii. Fourth century AD.
In English machine translation
[Fragment A]
[recto, column 1]
[…] of Isidoros, 2 choinikes (?) 8
[…] 4 1/4 1/16 1/32 arouras, at 2 artabas each, 8 artabas […]
[…] 8 1/32 arouras, at 1 artaba each, 8 1/32 artabas
[…] 16 1/2 artabas […], total 1 1/20 (?) artabas, 18 1/2 1/16 1/24 artabas
[…] measured
[…] of the same arouras
[…] of royal land, 4 1/4 1/16 1/32 arouras, at 50 denarii each, 216 denarii
[…] of private land, 8 1/32 arouras, at 25 denarii each, 200 denarii
[…] 16 […] 1 […]
[…]
[…]
[recto, column 2]
Achilleus son of Th[…]
of royal land […]
of private land […]
total together […]
[Fragment B]
[recto]
[…]
[…] 8, at […] pounds, […] pounds […]
[…] 13 pounds […]
[…] of the same arouras
[…] 12 1/4 1/8 arouras, at 25 pounds, 310 pounds
[…]
[Fragment A]
[verso]
46 talents
4 talents 1,255 1/2 denarii
50 talents 1,255 1/2 denarii
99 talents 1,090 denarii
[…]
190 talents
[…]
[Fragment B]
[…]
15 talents 1,190 denarii
[…]
The rates per aroura are given separately for royal (basilike) and private (idiotike) land; the commodity measured in pounds is not preserved. Several fraction readings are uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Public accounts, tax - lists, land - registers etc.). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.