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Account of land areas and grain dues TM 39223unbekanntVII - VIII

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An account in kind listing landholders or cultivators with the areas of land in arouras and corresponding amounts of grain in artabas, headed by the Christian invocation "Jesus Christ conquers". It includes a subtotal and remainder and an entry for the village headman Psois; the back records items delivered through various individuals. It dates to the 7th-8th century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] […]phyl † Jesus Christ conquers † mômô[…] […]ornos son of Aketos, father's (land) (?), 12 arouras, 20 artabas […] of the place of Apa Pnouthios, 1/2 aroura, 1/2 artaba […]moui son of Papnouthios, 1/2 1/32 aroura, 1/2 1/4 artaba […]ake son of Phoibammon, 1/2 aroura, 1 artaba […] Serenos, the gnoster, 1 1/2 1/8 1/16 arouras, 4 1/2 artabas […] Victor son of Serenos, son of Arkos (?), 1/4 1/32 aroura, 1/2 artaba […] Phoibammon, builder, 1 1/8 arouras, 2 artabas […] Taurinos son of Iakybios, 1/4 1/32 aroura, 1/2 artaba […] total 16 1/2 1/4 1/8 arouras; remainder 15 1/4 arouras, 29 1/4 artabas […]ake son of Phoibammon, 3 1/2 1/4 1/8 arouras, 7 1/2 1/4 artabas […] Serenos, the gnoster, 1 1/4 1/8 arouras, 2 1/2 artabas […] Psois, village headman, 70 artabas […]ph… son of Taurinos […] [verso] chi-alpha through Victor; Pous through […][Anoph, 1/4 aroura][…] chi-alpha through the sailor … […] chi-alpha through Iakobios

A gnoster was a local official who vouched for identities of persons. The abbreviation "chi-alpha" on the verso is of uncertain meaning and left untranslated.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Rechnung in Naturalien). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VII - VIII

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