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Offer to lease an olive grove near Psenarpsenesis TM 11638Psenarpsenesis (Arsinoites)20. Apr. 162

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An offer by two men, Petesouchos and Apis, to lease for three years one aroura of olive grove near Psenarpsenesis in the Arsinoite nome from Artemis, acting with her husband Chairemon as guardian. The lessees promise to carry out irrigation, cleaning and digging; a scribe wrote for them as they were illiterate. Dated 20 April 162.

In English machine translation

To Artemis daughter of Ptolemaios, with her guardian, her husband Chairemon son of Petheus […] from Petesouchos son of Herakleides and Apis son of Nepheros. We wish to lease from you for three years, three harvests, of the olive grove belonging to you near Psenarpsenesis, one aroura, 1 aroura, on a crop-share basis (?) […] from the present year 2 of Aurelii Antoninus and Verus, our lords the Augusti, we performing the customary tasks, irrigations, cleanings, digging […] […] […] guarantee [… for] us against all public charges, if it seems good to you to lease on the terms set out above. I, Ptolemaios son of Kastor, wrote on behalf of the aforementioned Petesouchos and Apis, who do not know letters. Year 2 of Aurelii Antoninus and Verus, the lords Augusti, Pharmouthi 25.

The lease is on a karponia (crop-share) basis, with rent paid from the produce; the lines detailing terms are damaged and partly unintelligible.

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 · 20. Apr. 162 · Psenarpsenesis (Arsinoites)

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