Home › Spine › TM 11287
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11287

Receipt for rent on an allotment near Theadelphia TM 11287Theadelphia (Arsinoites)10. Juni 150

The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →

A receipt in which the landowner Didyme alias Matrona, acting with her nephew Heron as guardian, acknowledges payment of the year's rent from her tenant farmer Hekysis for her allotment near Theadelphia. The tenant remains liable for the artaba-tax and naubion and must hand over the tax receipts; the lease stays in force. Heron wrote it for her because she writes slowly.

In English machine translation

Didyme also called Matrona, daughter of Asklepiades, with as guardian my nephew on my mother's side, Heron son of Apollonios, to Hekysis, farmer, greetings. I have received from you the rent for the current thirteenth year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, for my allotment which you farm near the village of Theadelphia, the artaba-tax and the naubion being your responsibility, the receipts for which you will also hand over to me. Year 13 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Pauni 16. The lease remains valid on all the terms it contains. I, Heron, wrote on behalf of Didyme also called Matrona, who writes slowly.

The artabieia was a land tax levied in wheat per aroura, and the naubion was a tax originally connected with dike and canal work. The phrase 'writes slowly' marks Didyme as a person of limited literacy, so her guardian wrote the receipt for her.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Bescheinigung über Empfang von Pachtzins). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.giss.1.29

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 10. Juni 150 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

Διδύμη ἡ καὶ Ματρώνα Ἀσκληπιάδου μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ κατὰ μητέρα μου ἀνεψιοῦ Ἥρωνος τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου Ἑκύσει γεωργῷ χαίρειν. ἀπέχω παρὰ σοῦ τὸ ἐκφόριον τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος τρισκαιδεκάτου ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου οὗ γεωργεῖς μου κλήρου περὶ κώμην Θεαδελφίαν τῆς ἀρταβίας καὶ τοῦ ναυβ…