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Lease of 4 arouras near Tebtynis with rent paid in advance TM 11540Tebtynis (Arsinoites)7. Apr. 145

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A contract from Tebtynis, dated 7 April 145, in which Taorsenouphis, with her brother as guardian, leases 4 arouras of land near Tebtynis to Ammonilla for eight years. The rent was paid in advance in cash, and the lessor remains liable for the public taxes.

In English machine translation

Through the record office of the village of Tebtynis, before the aforementioned (?). Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Pharmouthi 12. Taorsenouphis daughter of Kronion son of Cheos, her mother being Thenapynchis, a Persian of the epigone, about 57 years old, with a scar on her right shin, with her guardian, her full brother Harphaesis, about 57 years old, with a scar on his left thumb, acknowledges to Ammonilla […], about 24 years old, without distinguishing marks, with her guardian, her kinsman […]stos son of Zoilos, about 20 years old, with a scar on his forehead, that she has leased to this Ammonilla for eight years from the coming ninth year of Antoninus Caesar the lord the 3 1/4 arouras of privately owned land belonging to Taorsenouphis around Tebtynis in the place called Pas… […], and 3/4 aroura of additional assigned land, together 4 arouras, whose neighbours are: on the south a canal […], […] on the west temple plots, on the east […], for sowing with whatever crops Ammonilla chooses each year, the labour, irrigation and expenses falling on Ammonilla, but all the public dues on Taorsenouphis, who has also received the price of the rents in full from hand to hand […] […]

This is a prodomatike misthosis, a lease in which the lessee pays the rent in advance as a lump sum, often functioning as disguised credit. 'Additional assigned land' (epibole) refers to land compulsorily attached to an owner's holding.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prodomatikai misthoseis). 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 · 7. Apr. 145 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

ἐξ εἰρομένου γραφείου κώμης Τεβτύνεως, ἔτους η Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνείνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς Φαρμοῦθι ιβ. ὁμολογεῖ Ταορσενοῦφις Κρονίωνος Χεῶτος μητρὸς Θεναπύγχεως, Περσίνη τῆς ἐπιγονῆς ὡς ἐτῶν πεντήκοντα ἑπτὰ οὐλὴ ἀντικνημίῳ δεξιῷ μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ὁμοπα…