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Application to lease the oil-retailing concession at Herakleia TM 10116Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)162 - 163
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Application by Marcus Anthestius Capitolinus to Claudianus, nomarch of the Arsinoite nome, to lease for the third regnal year of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus the concession for retailing oil in one workshop at the village of Herakleia. He offers 80 drachmas and 80 obols for the year, paid in monthly instalments, plus customary dues for a permit for two horses.
In English machine translation
To Claudianus, nomarch of the Arsinoite nome,
from Marcus Anthestius Capitolinus. I wish to be granted by you, for the present third year only of Antoninus and Verus the lords Augusti, the right to retail all oil in one workshop in the village of Herakleia in the division of Themistes, and I will pay into the account of the concession for the whole year 80 drachmas of silver and 80 obols in total, the payment of which I will make month by month in the proportionate share in equal instalments, the sums paid into other accounts for the administration being my responsibility, the said Anthestius Capitolinus. I will not have any partner or hired worker who is liable to the tax of the concession, and I will also pay for the permit for two horses the customary dues, you having the right to re-let to others whenever you wish, if it seems good to let it.
The verb kotylizein means selling oil by the kotyle, i.e. in small retail measures. The 'diploma' for two horses is apparently a permit for animals used in the business, for which customary fees were paid.
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 a 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.2.92
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