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An offer to lease 10 arouras of land from the Lourian estate, formerly held by a man named Apion who had fled, addressed by Phaesis son of Pekysis to the cleruch Onnophris and his fellow cultivators. The rent is 16 artabas of wheat, paid to the public granary, and Onnophris signs his acceptance. It dates to Hathyr of year 17 of Antoninus Pius (AD 153) in the Arsinoite nome.
An ousia was an imperial estate whose land, after confiscation, was administered as public land; the area of 10 arouras and the rent figures are partly restored. Anachoresis (flight from one's land) was a common response to fiscal burdens.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ὑπόμνμα περὶ μισθώσεως οὐσιακῆς γῆς). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ὀννώφρι Ὥρου […] κληρούχῳ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς συνγεωργοῖς παρὰ Φαήσιος Πεκώσιος τοῦ Φαήσεως ἀπὸ κώμης …… βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι παρʼ ὑμῶν πρὸς μόνον τὸ ἐνεστὸς ιζ ἔτος Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ Κυρίου τὰς πρότερον Ἀπίωνος, ὃς ἀνακεχώρηκεν ἐκ τῆς Λουριανῆς οὐσίας ἀρούρας δέκα ἐκφορίου τῶν…
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