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An account recording a barley harvest from a plot belonging to the son of Poules at Pege Sykaminia, measured by the landowners' measure. After deducting seed, half of the remaining barley goes to the landowners, with a calculation per hour, probably of irrigation time. From Ain Waqfa in the Great Oasis, second half of the 4th century AD.
The 'days' and 'hours' probably refer to shares of water from a spring or well (pege), by which land and harvest were divided in the oasis. The figures for half of 7 artabas and the hourly rate are given as written and may involve rounding.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Comptes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
τόπος υἱοῦ Πουλη· ἐκ μεριτείας ἐν Πηγῇ Συκαμινίᾳ ἐπὶ τῆς α νέας ἰνδικτίωνος εἰς ἡμέρας ζ 𐅵 ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κριθῶν γεουχικῷ μέτρῳ ἀρτάβαι η ἐξ ὧν σπερμάτων ἀρτάβη α λοιπὸν ἀρτάβαι ζ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῖς γεούχοις ἀρτάβαι δ μάτια β ὡς τῆς ὥρας α μάτια β γ
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