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Lease of sown land for fodder grass at Heimera TM 11189Heimera (Arsinoite nome)A.D. 35

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A contract in which Leon son of Peteesis leases a parcel of already sown land near the village of Heimera in the Arsinoite nome to another man for growing, cutting and drying fodder grass during the current year. Leon acknowledges receiving the rent in advance and guarantees the land free of public charges. It is dated 11 December AD 35, with Leon's own subscription at the end.

In English machine translation

Year twenty-two of Tiberius Caesar Augustus Imperator, Peritios 14, Choiak 14, at Heimera, village of the Polemon division of the Arsinoite nome. Leon son of Peteesis, Persian of the epigone, aged about […], with a scar on the right side of the forehead, has leased to […]-otes, aged about 40, with a scar on the forearm […], the land belonging to him, Leon, near the aforesaid village of Heimera, of […] arouras or however many there may be, in one parcel, for the present twenty-second year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, sown and planted […] for sowing, cutting and drying of grass for the present twenty-second year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus; and he has received from the lessee the whole agreed price […] at once, from hand to hand out of the house; and Leon will guarantee this lease free from all public dues and every kind of charge. I, Leon son of Peteesis, acknowledge that I have leased my land near […] Heimera of […] arouras for sowing, cutting and drying of grass for the present twenty-second year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, and I have received the price […] […] as aforesaid […] […] […]

The records give the place as Tebtynis(?) or Heimera; the text itself names Heimera in the Polemon division. 'Persian of the epigone' is a legal status designation with no exact English equivalent.

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.

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Lease of land

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · 72078 · A.D. 35 · Heimera (Arsinoite nome)

Agreement for lease of a parcel of grass-land already sown and under cultivation. The lease is for 8 1/2 months. The loss of the ends of the lines leaves some details in the dark. The text of the contract is in a rapid cursive, and the subscription of the lessor in rough, medium-…

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 11. Dez. 35 · Tebtynis? (Arsinoites)

ἔτους δευτέρου καὶ εἰκοστοῦ Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, Περιτίου ιδ, Χοίακ ιδ, ἐν Εἱμέραι κώμηι τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ· Ἐμίσθωσεν Λέων Πετεήσιος, Πέρσης τῆς ἐπιγονῆς ὡς ἐτῶν[…]οὐλὴ μετώπῳ ἐκ δεξιῶν τῶι δεῖνα[…]- ώτους ὡς ἐτῶν μ οὐλὴ πήχει[…] τὴν ὑ…