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bgu.2.661 17. Sept. 140Arsinoites
Offer to sublease five arouras of public land. An offer to sublease five arouras of public land, addressed by Heron son of Dionysios to Pakysis son of Pakysis, who held the land on lease from the state. Heron offers a yearly rent of 25 artabas of wheat plus 8 drachmas for donkey transport, with Pakysis paying the public dues. Written in the Arsinoite nome in September 140 AD. machine translation
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta Arsinoites17. Sept. 140
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
Πακύσει Πακύσεως
παρὰ Ἥρωνος τοῦ Διονυσίου τοῦ […]…[…]
ου ἀπὸ ἀμφόδου[…]βούλομαι
μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ εἰς ἔτη[…]ὧν
ἔχεις ἐν μισθώσει δημοσίων ἀρουρῶν
ἀρούρας πέντε ἢ ὅσα ἐὰν ὦσι ἐφʼ ὃν
μένει ἡ γεωργία χρόνον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος δ ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος
τοῦ κυρίου, ἐκφορίου τοῦ παντὸς κατʼ ἔτος
ἕκαστον πυροῦ ἀρταβῶν εἴκοσι πέντε
λαμβάνοντός μου τὰ ἐκ δημοσίου ἐπιστελλόμενα σπέρματα καὶ ἐπιτελέσω
τὰ καθήκοντα γεωργικὰ ἔργα πάντα
ὅσακαθήκει ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου τοῖς δέουσι καιροῖς, βλάβος μηδὲν ποιῶν, σπείρων
τὸ ἔδαφος οἷς ἐὰν αἱρῶμαι γένεσι πλὴν
κνήκου καὶ τὸ κατʼ ἔτος ἐκφόριον ἀποδώσω μηνὶ Παῦνι ἐφʼ ἅλῳ τοῦ κλήρου
καὶ δώσω δὲ κατʼ ἔτος εἰς λόγον ναύλου
ὄνων δραχμὰς η, καὶ μετὰ τὸν χρόνον παραδώσω τὸ τρίτον μέρος ἀπὸ ἀναπαύσεως
καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν δίμοιρον μέρος ἀπὸ καλάμης πυροῦ, ἐὰν φαίνηται μισθῶσαι,
τῶν δημοσίων πάντων ὄντων πρὸς
τὸν Πακῦσιν
Ἥρων Διονυσίου ὡς ἐτῶν λ[…] οὐλὴ ὀφρύι
δεξιᾷ
ἔτους δ Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
Θὼθ κ.Translations (1)
To Pakysis son of Pakysis,
from Heron son of Dionysios son of […] […] from the quarter […]. I wish to lease from you for […] years, of the public arable land which you hold on lease, 5 arouras or however many there may be, for as long as the cultivation remains, from the present 4th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, at a total rent each year of 25 artabas of wheat, I receiving the seed sent out from the public stores; and I shall perform all the appropriate agricultural work that is proper, at my own expense, at the due seasons, doing no damage, sowing the ground with whatever crops I choose except safflower; and I shall pay the yearly rent in the month of Pauni at the threshing floor of the allotment; and I shall also give each year, on account of the transport charge for donkeys, 8 drachmas; and after the term I shall hand over one third part from fallow and the remaining two-thirds part from wheat stubble, if you agree to lease, all public dues being the responsibility of Pakysis.
Heron son of Dionysios, aged about 30 […], scar on the right eyebrow.
Year 4 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Thoth 20.
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