An offer by Heras son of Petesouchos, a Persian of the Epigone, to lease land of the Kamelian estate in the Themistos division of the Arsinoite nome for sheep grazing, for 120 silver drachmas payable in four monthly instalments. He undertakes to leave by the new moon of Tybi. Dated 11 September AD 98, with a subscription written for him because he was illiterate.
In English machine translation
To […]
of the division of Themistos
from Heras son of Petesouchos, Persian of the Epigone. I wish to lease from the Kamelian estate […] and needing […] of the aforementioned […] of […] arouras […] canal called […], for grazing and pasturing of sheep, the growth of the present second year of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus, at a total rent of 120 silver drachmas, free from risk and from deductions; and I will pay the rent in four instalments, the amount due each month in equal parts, until the month Choiak of the same second year of Trajan Caesar the lord, on condition that (the sheep) graze it off and I leave by the new moon of the month Tybi of the same second year, if it seems good to lease it to me on the aforementioned terms, not to be subleased to others and not cultivated by myself (?) […].
(2nd hand) I, Heras son of Petesouchos, have submitted the offer at the aforementioned rent of 120 silver drachmas for pasturing sheep, on condition that they graze it off and I leave […] by the new moon of the month Tybi of year 2. I, […], wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus, month Sebastos 14.
Sebastos is an honorific name for the month Thoth. The estate name 'Kamelian' is partly restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Petitio conductionis agri publici). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.