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Receipt for winter rent of an orchard garden at Theadelphia TM 10209Theadelphia (Arsinoites)11. Jan. 169

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A receipt in which Ptolemaios, guardian of the minor sons of Sarapion, acknowledges payment by the lessee Isidoros of 125 silver drachmas as the winter instalment of rent for an orchard garden near Theadelphia. It is dated 11 January 169 AD.

In English machine translation

Ptolemaios, guardian of Serenos, deputy exegetes, and of Ploutammon, minor children of Sarapion son of Epiodoros, to Isidoros son of Nikandros, lessee, greetings. I have received from you the winter rent of the orchard garden which you hold on lease near the village of Theadelphia, 125 drachmas of silver, total 125 drachmas. Year 9 of Antoninus and Verus the lords Augusti, Tybi 16.

Serenos is styled 'antexegetes', a deputy of the exegetes, a municipal magistrate, despite being listed among the minor children. The 'paradeisos' garden was a plot planted with fruit trees.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Pachtzinsquittung aus Theadelphia). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 11. Jan. 169 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

Πτολεμαῖος ἐπίτροπος Σερήνου ἀντεξηγητοῦ καὶ Πλουτάμμωνος ἀφηλίκων τέκνων Σαραπίωνος Ἠπιοδώρου Ἰσιδώρῳ Νικάνδρου μισθωτῇ χαίρειν. ἀπέχω παρὰ σοῦ τὸν χειμερινὸν φόρον κήπου παραδείσου, οὗ ἔχειςἐν μισθώσει περὶ κώμην Θεαδέλφιαν, ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι πέντε, γίνονται δραχμα…