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Fragments of a Ptolemaic land register from the Herakleopolite nome, second half of the 2nd century BC. It lists plots held by individuals, including police officers (phylakitai) and village scribes, distinguishing sown land from dry land and giving area figures with totals.
Chersos means unproductive dry land, as opposed to sown (sporimos) land. The paired numbers are probably areas in arouras and related values, but their exact meaning is uncertain.
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.
[fragment 1] Ψενήσιος τοῦ Ὡρίωνος …κ… …ου με ἐκ τοῦ Πτολεμαίου ι μ γίνονται φυλακιτῶν … ρλδ φλ… προσῆκται ἐπὶ τῆς κατὰ φύλλον γεωμετρίας … κε ρ καρ …[…] καὶ ἀπὸ σπορίμου ἀντὶ τῆς ἐπισταλείσης χέρσου ἀνθʼ ἧς σπ [… 3 lines lost …] γίνονται ἀπὸ σπορίμου […] καὶ τῆς δ[…] [… ? lines l…
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