Fragments of a Ptolemaic land register from the Herakleopolite nome listing cleruchic holdings by holder, with their cultivators, areas in arouras and crops sown (wheat, barley, arakos, flax). It also records totals, unproductive and flooded land, and holdings of lance-bearers and cavalry settlers.
In English machine translation
[fragment 1]
[…]
[…] of which […]
to the lance-bearers […] 86 1/8 […]
of sown land the remainder: 1 1/2 1/4 1/7 1/2 12; cultivator [so-and-so] […]
(holding) of Antigonos 125, of which vineyards, of which [one-sixth] […]
and money rents to the king: […] Hellanikos(?) […]
of cleruchic land of the king's son, also […]
[…] 5; cultivator the cleruch; sown with arakos 5
(holding) of Dionysios son of Dionysios, of the [katoikic cavalry] under Exak(on?) […]
cultivator Haryotes son of Onnophris: wheat 11 1/2, flax […]
(holding) of […] son of Hermias, of the same (unit), 20 1/2; cultivator Pe[…]
(holding) of […] son of Ammon, of the […]
[cultivator] Onnophris son of […]: wheat 34, of which worm-eaten 4, […]
total of cleruchic land: 99 1/2, of the […]
of sown land the remainder: 3 1/2 1/16 1/4 1/3 […]
[…] 2 1/2 10; canals 4 […]
total […]
[…]
[fragment 2]
[…] 8, of which cleruchic 21, of which […]
[…] of […]onios 6; cultivator the cleruch […]
[…] 4; cultivator the cleruch: wheat 2, arakos 2 […]
[…] cultivator Stotoetis 6; sown with wheat 3, arakos 3 […]
[…] son of Sopolis […]
[…] wheat 35, barley 10, arakos […]
[…] son of Apollophanes 51; cultivator the cleruch […]
[…] 25, arakos 25, total 51 […]
[…] of […]anos 14; cultivator Es[…]
[…] 27; cultivator Petosiris […]
[…]
[fragment 3]
[…]
(holding) of […]nios son of Ar[…]
(holding) of Herakleitos son of P[…]
(holding) of Artemidoros son of […]
cultivator Lysimachos […]
(holding) of Hippalos son of E[…]
cultivator Haspheus; sown with wheat […]
(holding) of Olbos of the [pages] at court […]
cultivator Arsenouphis; sown with wheat […]
(holding) of Ph[…] son of Ktesippos […]
total of cleruchic land […]
of which unproductive 26 […]
total 20 1/2 1/4 1/16, 92 1/2 1/4; flooded […]
total unproductive […]
[…]
Figures are areas in arouras; 'arakos' is a leguminous fodder crop (a vetch) with no exact English equivalent. 'Unproductive' (hypologos) land was exempt from assessment.
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.