Lease of Land
A lease of land, where the rent has been paid in advance.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 10430
Lease of land near Kerkesoucha with rent paid in advance TM 10430Kom Aushim (Karanis)July/Aug., 291 or 292 A.D.
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An offer to lease farmland near the village of Kerkesoucha, within the boundaries of Karanis, made by Aurelius Isidoros and two partners to a landowner Aurelius …hemeros. The tenants undertake the usual farm work on dykes and canals and to return the land fallow; the landowner acknowledges that the rent has been received, and a scribe signs for the illiterate lessees.
In English machine translation
To Aurelius […]hemeros also called […]ymias […] of the Arsinoite nome,
from Aurelius Isidoros son of Pe… and D[…] and Pi…is, from the village of Karanis. We wish to lease from you the [arouras] belonging to you near the village of Kerkesoucha, in the boundary district of Karanis […]
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[…] … irrigation (?) …
[…] all [the work], embanking, [irrigating], cutting of side channels and canals at the proper times, doing no damage, and after the term I will hand over the arouras to you from fallow, and having been asked the formal question I agreed.
I, Aurelius […]hemeros, have received the rent. After five years I will hand over the other receipts. I, Aurelius Ptolemaios son of …mon, wrote on their behalf since they are illiterate.
Year 7 […] Mesore […]
The regnal year 7 is read as AD 291, though one catalogue allows AD 292. The landlord's subscription shows the rent was paid in advance, apparently for a five-year term.
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.
p.cair.isid.98
Αὐρηλίῳ […]…ημερου και[…]υμιας θ[…]ρ…δ…[…] Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Ἰσιδώρου υἱοῦ Πε… καὶ Δ[…] καὶ Πι…ις ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος. βουλόμεθα μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ τὰς ὑπαρχούσας σοι περὶ κώμην Κερκεσοῦχα ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος […] […] […]ου[…] […]κτω π…διω ποτις… […]τὰ ἔργα πάντα…