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Offer to lease 5 arouras of village land at Karanis free of rent TM 10313Kom Aushim (Karanis)Sept. 13th, 313 A.D.

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An offer addressed to three village officials of Karanis by Aurelius Kapiton of Arsinoe and Aurelius Ptolemaios of Karanis to lease 5 arouras of land administered by the village for one year. No rent is charged, but the lessees must pay all taxes in grain and money on the land and farm it. Dated 13 September 313 at Karanis.

In English machine translation

[…] […] of the three from the village of Karanis, from Aurelius Kapiton son of Heliodoros, from the quarter of Apollonios Parembole, and Ptolemaios son of Ptollarion, from the village of Karanis. We wish to lease from you, from the land belonging to the village, in the name of Neilos son of Kasianos, in the boundary district of Karanis, in the 7th sphragis, at the place Pannipoi, 5 arouras of private sown land, or however many they may be, more or less, for the sowing of the current year only, the 8th and 6th year, of the present consulship, without rent, on condition that we, Kapiton and Ptolemaios, pay all the dues on the arouras, in wheat and barley and money, and the annona taxes in full for the same arouras for the aforesaid one-year period; and we the lessees shall do all the work on the arouras and after the one-year period we shall hand back the arouras after the harvest. The lease is valid, and having been asked the formal question we have agreed. In the consulship of our lords Constantine and Licinius Augusti for the 3rd time, Thoth 16. I, Aurelius Kapiton, have leased as stated above. I, Aurelius Ptolemaios, have leased as stated above. I, Aurelius Severus, wrote on his behalf, as he is illiterate.

The regnal years '8th and 6th' refer to Constantine and Licinius. The rent-free terms in exchange for paying the taxes reflect the burden of fiscal liability on unproductive land in the early 4th century; the 'sphragis' is a numbered land parcel.

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 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.

Lease of Land

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE57400 · Sept. 13th, 313 A.D. · Kom Aushim (Karanis)

An offer to lease five arouras of the arable land administered by the village of Karanis, for one year, free of rent but with the obligation to discharge all taxes thereon in money and in kind. The offer is made by Capito, son of Heliodorus, a resident of Arsino�, and Ptolemaeus…

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 13. Sept. 313 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

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