Middle Kingdom land allocation

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	1 Year 26 [9], 4th month of Harvest [1] (Mesori), day 2	[Land arura]
	2 Balance sheet of land of the uab [2] in charge of the corps [3], //////tuteran's son, Heru	[arable]	[garden]	[Total]
	3 Number of workmen going out (?): enumeration of the Year 33 [10], the workmen therein, 8½ arura [4], 1½ arura, 5 men	42½	7½	50
	4 Due to him of land offering, at 2 arura to 1 workman	5		5
	5 Total	47½	7½	55
	6 Paid to him from amongst this list
	7 Land of She Sebek: irrigated land (?) south of the lake of King Khakaura [5], deceased, which is on the south side of the farm (?) of Ay (?), north of what was given him for a garden //////	30		30
	8 Territory of ////// irrigated land (?) /// south of Hetep Usertesen [6], deceased, north of //////	[20 (?)]		20
	9 Total	[50 (?)]		50
	10 What was given to him for a garden [by (?)] King Nemaatre [7], living for ever to eternity in Hetep Usertesen //////
	11 Land of She Sebek [[8] [irrigated land (?) south (?)] of the lake of King Khakaura, deceased, which is in She'ui [and south (?)] of what was given to him [for the workmen, &c.]
	12 [north of] this lake ////// in She'ui	//////	[3]	[3]
	13 Territory of //////	//////	[2]	[2]
	14 [Total]			[5 (?)]
	Francis LLewellyn Griffith, ed. The Petrie Papyri: Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob, p.52
	[1] 4th month of Harvest: 13th June - 13th July [2] uab: wab-priest [3] corps: of workmen [4] arura: about 2700m² [5] Khakaure: Senusret III, (c. 1878-1841) [6] Hetep Usertesen: Kahun, town near the Pyramid of Senusret II (Khakhperre) (c. 1882-1878) [7] Nemaatre: Amenemhet III (c. 1841-1796) [8] She Sebek: Lake of Sebek, the Faiyum [9] Year 26: of the reign of Amenemhet III [10] Year 33: apparently of the reign of Senusret III

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