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A document addressed by Kronion of Tebtynis to the landowner Heron, a gymnasiarch and former kosmetes, concerning 3 arouras of allotment land he farms near Tebtynis. He states he has paid all rents through year 19 of Hadrian and has sown barley in year 20, after which the text breaks off; it is catalogued as the cancellation of a lease.
The ending, where the actual surrender of the lease would be stated, is lost; the identification as a lease cancellation comes from the catalogue. A kleros is a parcel of allotment land, originally granted to settlers.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Rescissione di affitto). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἥρωνι Λυσιμάχου τοῦ καὶ Λούππου γυμνασιάρχου, κεκοσμητευκότος, παρὰ Κρονίωνος Χεῶτος ἀπὸ κώμης Τεβτύνεως· τυγχάνω γεωργῶν σου περὶ Τεβτῦνιν κλήρου ἀρούρας τρεῖς καὶ ἐκπεπληρωκὼς τὰ μέχρι τοῦ διεληλυθότος ἐννεακαιδεκάτου ἔτους καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐννεακαιδεκάτου ἔτους ἐκφόρια καὶ φόρους…
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