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Opening of an offer to lease land, addressed by Chairemon from the metropolis to the landowner Maron son of Maron. Chairemon proposes to rent six arouras of catoecic (settler) land in two parcels near a village in the Arsinoite nome, starting from the coming 18th regnal year, for an annual rent in wheat. The end of the document is lost.
Catoecic land was allotment land originally granted to military settlers, later held privately. The 'A[…]' after year 18 is probably the start of an emperor's name such as Hadrian, which would fit the date AD 133/134 for the lease's start.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lease of Catoecic Land). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Μάρωνι Μάρωνος ἀπὸ κώμης[…] παρὰ Χαιρήμονος […]ἀπὸ τῆς μητροπόλεως […] βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι εἰς ἔτη[…]τὰς ὑπαρχούσας σοι περὶ τὴν προκειμένην κώμην κλήρου κατοικικοῦ ἀρούρας[…]ἢ ὅσαι ἐὰν ὦσι ἐν δυσὶ σφραγῖσι, ὧν πρώτης σφραγῖδος ἄρουραι πέντε, δευτέρας σφραγῖδος ἡ λοιπὴ ἄρουρα, π…
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