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Offer to lease the record office of Soknopaiou Nesos TM 11324Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)11. Sept. 46

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Tesenouphis son of Tesenouphis offers to lease again the village record office of Soknopaiou Nesos for the seventh year of Claudius, promising 288 silver drachmas plus 2 jars of wine for the Phamenoth libation, monthly payments, and regular filing of the contracts he draws up. A note of acceptance follows, dated 11 September AD 46.

In English machine translation

[To so-and-so son of so-and-so] […] in charge of the record office (grapheion) […] of Soknopaiou Nesos […] from Tesenouphis son of Tesenouphis. If the record office of the village of Soknopaiou Nesos in the division of Herakleides, which I held before, is conceded to me for the present seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, I undertake to pay as the total rent, together with the customary charges, the additional payments and the receipt fees, 288 silver drachmas, and for the libation of Phamenoth 2 jars of wine; I will pay these regularly each month of the same year on the 25th, and every four months I will register with you all the documents transacted through me, in one roll glued together and strung, and in one register, and I will give you 8 drachmas for the registration of the books, and I will provide you with a sufficient and reliable guarantor, if it seems good to you to make the concession, on all the above terms. Farewell. […] on the aforesaid 288 (drachmas) of silver and the other (terms), you having the right to sublease to others […] at any time. Year 7 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, month Sebastos 14.

The grapheion was the village office where private contracts were drawn up and registered; its operation was farmed out to lessees. The text writes 'division of Herakleitos', a slip for the division of Herakleides.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 11. Sept. 46 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

τῷ δεῖνι τοῦ δεῖνος … ἀσχολουμένῳ τὸ γραφεῖον […]ου Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου … παρὰ Τεσενούφιος του Τεσενούφιος. ἐπιχωρηθείσης μοι τοῦ γραφείου, ἦς προεῖχον κώμης Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου τῆς Ἡρακλείτου μερίδος εἰς τὸ ἐνεστὸς ἕβδομον ἔτος Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορ…