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Declaration of sacred land at Psenarpsenesis by Gemellus son of Horion TM 9560Karanis (Arsinoites)200 - 201 (?)

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A land declaration addressed to the strategos, royal scribe and village scribe of Karanis by Gemellus son of Horion, a citizen of Antinoopolis, registering plots of sacred land near Psenarpsenesis in compliance with an order of the procurator Pompeius Celearius. It dates to about AD 200-201 and comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome; the end is lost.

In English machine translation

To Demetrios, strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, and to Sarapion, royal scribe of the same division, and to the village scribe of the village of Karanis, from Gemellus son of Horion son of Gaius Apollinarius, Antinoite, and however I am styled. I register, in accordance with the orders of Pompeius Celearius, the most excellent procurator, the 3 1/2 arouras of sacred land belonging to me around Psenarpsenesis of the village of Karanis, together with the surcharge (epibole), and likewise 1 aroura registered in the name of Gaius Julius Niger, and likewise 2 1/2 arouras together with the surcharge, registered […] Thermouthis daughter of Sam[…] […]

The catalogue classes this as a declaration of land left unirrigated, but the surviving text breaks off before stating the land's condition. Epibole was land assigned compulsorily for cultivation in addition to one's own holdings; 'registered in the name of' translates a term for land carried under another person's account.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Anzeige unbewässert (?) gebliebenen Landes). 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 · 200 - 201 (?) · Karanis (Arsinoites)

Δημητρίῳ στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοΐτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος καὶ Σαραπίωνι βασιλικῷγραμματεῖ τῆς αὐτῆς μερίδος καὶ κωμογραμματεῖ κώμης Καρανίδος παρὰ Γεμέλλου Ὡρίωνος Γαίου Ἀπολλιναρίου Ἀντινοέως καὶ ὡς χρηματίζω. ἀπογράφομαικατὰ τὰ κελευσθέντα ὑπὸ Πομπηίου Κελεαρίου τοῦ κρατίστουἐπιτρόπου τὰ…