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Beginning of an offer to lease land addressed to Sabinus, a discharged soldier, through his agent Gemellus, by Herak[…] son of Horos of Karanis. He proposes to lease three arouras of catoecic land near Karanis in one parcel, starting from a year of Antoninus Pius.
Catoecic land was a category of privately held allotment land, originally granted to settlers. The lessee's name is abbreviated or broken as Herak[…].
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 Three Aruras 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.
Σαβείνωι ἀπολελυμένῳ στρατιώτῃ διὰ φροντίστου Γεμέλλου παρὰ Ἡρακ τοῦ Ὥρου ἀπὸ Καρανίδος. Βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ ἐπὶ ἔτη ἀρούρας τρεῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ[…] ἔτους Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ὑπαρχούσας τ…[…] […] περὶ Καρανίδα κλήρου[…] κατ οικικοῦ ἐν μιᾷ σφραγῖδι[…] [… ? lines lost…
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