Offer to lease a flock of sheep and goats TM 10080Arsinoites21. Febr. 215
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An offer to lease livestock, 112 sheep and 30 goats, for four years, addressed by a villager to Aurelius Hermias also called Apollonios, a former strategos of Alexandria and councillor. It sets out an annual rent of 1,000 drachmas, payments in goat skins and fleeces, rent in three instalments, and the return of the flock at the end. Written in the Arsinoite nome on 21 February 215.
In English machine translation
"Immortal" sheep refers to the clause that the flock must be returned at full number, with losses replaced by the lessee. Neokoros was an honorary temple-warden title.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Location de bétail). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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Αὐρηλίῳ Ἑρμίᾳ τῷ καὶ Ἀπολλωνίῳ νεωκόρῳ τοῦ μεγάλου Σαράπιδος γενομένῳ στρατηγῷ τῆς λαμπροτάτης πόλεως τῶν Ἀλεξανδρέων βουλευτῇ καὶ ὡς χρηματίζει. παρὰ[…]…ιτος Πωλίωνος μητρὸς Θεναπύγχεως ἀπὸ κώμης […]ος. βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ ἃ προεῖχον ἐν μισθώσει πρόβατα ἑκατὸν δέκα δύο…