Fragment of a land register from the Herakleopolite nome, second half of the 2nd century BC. It lists plots held by guards (phylakitai), with their cultivators, the crops sown (wheat or arakos, a legume) and areas in arouras, including an entry for sacred land at Mouchinbitiches.
In English machine translation
[…]bas[…]
[…]ys…[…]e[…]
[…] [of P]okas 10 25 […]
[…]…ros 10 25 […]
[…] [of] Sanos [10] 25 […]
[…]on son of Petobastis, whom [he has taken as partner (?)] […]
[…] his son 5 12 1/2 cultivator […]
Total of the guards (phylakitai) 55 1[37] [1/2]
Mouchinbitiches: sacred land 12 […]
cultivator Thotmonis, with arakos 10 […]
Of the guards who are in […]
Of Petobastis son of Petosiris [5]
cultivator: himself, sown with arakos 5
Of Theon son of Theon 10
cultivator: himself, sown with wheat 10
Of Apollonios son of Kephalon [10]
cultivator …, sown with wheat 10
Total 25 arouras
Phylakitai were police guards holding allotments of land; arakos is a leguminous fodder crop, often rendered as chickling vetch. The figures in the upper part are of uncertain meaning because the lines are broken.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Landregister). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.