Sublease of leased allotment land near Tebtynis TM 11547Tebtynis (Arsinoites)23. Aug. 122

Beginning of a sublease contract drawn up at Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome in AD 122, in which Harphaesis son of Kronion sublets to a man whose name begins Kr[…], for the seventh year of Hadrian, land that he himself holds on lease from allotments near Tebtynis. Only the opening of the contract survives.

In English machine translation

Kaisareios is the Roman-era name for the Egyptian month Mesore; day 30 corresponds to 23 August. A kleros (here plural, 'allotments') was a plot of land originally granted to a settler.

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