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Application to lease catoecic land at Theadelphia from Didis alias Ptollarous TM 10114Arsinoites23. Okt. 159

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An offer to lease 8 arouras of catoecic land near Theadelphia for two years, addressed to the landowner Didis also called Ptollarous, with rent in wheat. Didis accepts through her estate manager Herakleides, dated 23 October 159 in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[… ? lines lost …] […we wish to lease on mutual security] the 8 arouras of catoecic allotment belonging to you near the village of Theadelphia, or however many they may be, in one parcel, for two years from the present 23rd year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, at a total rent, without seed provided, in the first year of 32 artabas of wheat and in the second year likewise of 40 artabas of wheat, and as a gift each year likewise 1 artaba of wheat, all by the running 4-choinix measure, free of deductions and risks; and we shall carry out all the yearly work that is proper at our own expense, sowing in the last year half the land with wheat and the remaining half with grass for cutting; and we shall always pay the yearly rent in the month of Pauni in the village, the yearly transport charges and the epispoudasmos for the arouras being the responsibility of us the lessees, and all the other public charges being the responsibility of you, Didis; and after the term we shall hand back the arouras clean of rushes, reeds, couch-grass and all weeds, if you agree to lease. I, Didis also called Ptollarous, daughter of Ptolemaios, through Herakleides the manager, have leased on all the above terms. Year 23 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Phaophi 25.

The opening with the lessees' names is lost. Epispoudasmos was a surcharge on land dues, and the thallos (here 'gift') was a customary small extra payment to the landowner.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application for Lease). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.amh.2.90

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 23. Okt. 159 · Arsinoites

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