bgu.13.2232
Σερήνῳ βασιλικῷ Ἀρσινοίτου παρὰ Μάρκου Οὐαλερίου Ἀντωνείνου ἀπογράφομαι κατὰ τὰ κελευσθέντα ὑπὸ Βασσαίου Ῥούφου τοῦ λαμπροτάτου ἡγεμόνος τὰς ὑπαρχούσας μοι περὶ κώμην [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9643
Declaration of unwatered land to the royal scribe Serenos TM 9643Arsinoites
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Opening of a declaration addressed to Serenos, royal scribe of the Arsinoite nome, by Marcus Valerius Antoninus, who registers land he owns near a village in compliance with an order of the prefect Bassaeus Rufus. Such declarations reported land that had not been flooded by the Nile.
In English machine translation
To Serenos, royal scribe of the Arsinoite nome,
from Marcus Valerius Antoninus.
[I register] in accordance with the orders [of Bassa]ios Rufus, the most illustrious prefect, the [arourai] belonging to me near the village of […]
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The prefect Marcus Bassaeus Rufus governed Egypt around AD 168-169, which dates the document approximately. The rest of the text, with the land details, is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration of Unwatered Land). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.