Duplicate contract July - August, 247 B.C.
Description
After the usual protocol, the contract states tht Iason has leased out for two years to Demetrios and Limnaios 144 goats at an annual rent of 216 six-month-old kids. The rent is to be paid half-yearly. If they deliver less than the specified number of kids, they must pay at once a penalty price of ten drachmae per head; and at the end of the lease, if they fail to return the goats as they received them, they have to pay a certain sum for each one not accounted for. On the other hand, if Iason takes the herd from them before the agreed time, he must pay them a fine of one hundred drachmae. After the usual penalty clause authorising Iason to make exaction in case of default come the names of two sureties and six witnesses.
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TM 983.
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- Duplicate contract HGV-meta Philadelphia (Arsinoites)21. Juli - 9. Aug. 247 v.Chr.
- p.cair.zen.3.59340 DDbDP-text textPhiladelphia (Arsinoites)21. Juli - 9. Aug. 247 v.Chr.
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- TM-Text 983 primary
- APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.821 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;3;59340 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen.3.59340 tier-1
- HGV-Text 983 tier-1
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