Offer to lease 150 arouras of shore land at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 11731Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites, Ägypten)27. Okt. 212
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An offer addressed to the royal scribe of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome by five villagers of Soknopaiou Nesos to lease 150 arouras of dry shore land near their village for one year at 2 artabas of wheat per aroura. It includes a clause excusing rent for land left unflooded or waterlogged, and is dated 27 October 212.
In English machine translation
Shore land (aigialos) was land on the edge of Lake Moeris, of variable fertility, often leased from the state through offers like this one submitted to officials.
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.
p.lond.2.350
Μονίμῳ Γεμέλλῳ βασιλικῷ γραμματεῖ Ἀρσινοίτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος παρὰ Στοτοήτεως Ἁρπαγάθου καὶ Πανεφρέμμεως Πακύσεως καὶ Ὥρου Πακύσεως καὶ Πακύσεως Ὥρου καὶ Ἀμούνεως Πακύσεως τῶν πέντε ἀπὸ κώμης Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου βουλόμεθα μισθώσασθαι ἀπὸ χέρσου αἰγιαλίτιδος γῆς περὶ τὴν αὐτὴν κώμη…