Title: Declaration of property, Seventh consulate of Diocletian and the sixth consulate of Maximian (299) Author: Aurelios Horion (Son of Petearbeschinis from Panopolis, Egypt), fl. 299. Aurelios Ammon, Scholastikos, fl. 348 Subject: Real property tax --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Landowners --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Recording and registration --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Priests --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Egypt --Officials and employees --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Documentary papyri --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Tax returns --Egypt --Akhmim --30 B.C.-640 A.D. Material: 1 item : papyrus, reconstructed from numerous fragments, mounted in glass, right part is broken off. Note: Dimensions of fragments are 16.5 x 35.6 cm. or smaller. 43 lines. Written along the fibers on the recto in two columns. Upper margin of 1.5 cm.; lower margin of 3 cm.; left margin of 1.5 cm. P.Duk.inv. 180 was formerly P.Duk.inv. G 180. Declaration of property from Panopolis (modern name: Akhmim), Egypt, written on papyrus. Written by Aurelius Horion (son of Petearbeschinis), chief prophet (a priest) of Panopolis, to Aurelius Chrysippos, official in charge of the land survey of the Panopolite Nome, in accordance with an edict of the emperors. Horion lists the property belonging to the office of prophet. Lists small holdings in various numbered plots in the metropolitan area and in the Middle toparchy of the Panopolite Nome. Includes the following types of land: palm grove with olive trees, land grown with heliotropes (sunflowers, etc.), sown land, dry land, vineyard, dry vineyard, and palm grove without olive trees. Dated to the seventh consulate of Diocletian and the sixth consulate of Maximian (AD 299). Part of the archive of Ammon, the well-known scholastikos, or lawyer. In Greek. Descriptive database available in repository.
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