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Receipt for rent in wheat for land at Bakchias TM 11995Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMay 22, 123 A.D.

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A notarial receipt from Bakchias in the Fayum, dated 22 May 123, in which the landowner Hareotes son of Alexas acknowledges receiving from his tenant farmer Horos son of Horos the rent and seed for year 7 of Hadrian: 20 artabas of wheat for 4 1/2 arouras. Both parties were illiterate and had subscribers write for them.

In English machine translation

Year 7 of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, month Germanikeios 27, Pachon 27, at Bakchias in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Hareotes son of Alexas, aged about 62, with a scar on the left foot, acknowledges to Horos son of Horos, farmer, [aged about 49, with a scar] on the right eyebrow, that he, the acknowledging party, has received from him the rent and the seed for the current seventh year of Hadrian Caesar the lord, for the [plot of 4 1/2 arouras] which he farms of his near Bakchias, 20 artabas of wheat [by the measure] stated in the lease, which remains valid in all its terms. Subscribers: for the acknowledging party, Petsiris son of Papeis, aged about 52, with a scar on the left side of the nose; for the other, Souchas son of Sochotes, aged about 43, with a scar on the right forearm. I, Haryodes son of Alexas, acknowledge that I have received from Horos the rent and the seed for the current seventh year of Hadrian Caesar the lord, for the 4 1/2 arouras which he farms of mine near Bakchias, 20 artabas of wheat by the measure stated in the lease, which remains valid as aforesaid. Petsiris son of Papeis wrote for him, as he does not know letters. I, Horos son of Horos: the receipt has been made to me as aforesaid. I, Souchas son of Sochotes, wrote for him, as he does not know letters. Registered through the record office in Bakchias.

The landowner's name is spelled Hareotes in the body and Haryodes in his subscription. The underlying lease survives as P.Mich. III 184; Germanikeios was an honorific name for the month Pachon.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Rent). 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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Receipt for Rent

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 115 · May 22, 123 A.D. · Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Receipt for rent in kind issued by Haryotes, son of Alexas, to his tenant Horos, son of Horos, for the payment of the rent of the plot cultivated by the latter for the seventh year of Hadrian under the terms of the lease between the two parties published as P.Mich. III, 184

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p.mich.3.197

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 22. Mai 123 · Bakchias (Arsinoites)

ἔτους ἑβδόμου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ μηνὸς Γερμανικείου ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι, Παχὼν κζ ἐν Βακχιάδι τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Ἁρεώτης Ἀλεξᾶ ὡς ἐτῶν ξβ, οὐλὴ ποδὶ ἀριστερῶι, Ὥρωι Ὥρου γεωργῶι ὡς ἐτῶν μθ, οὐλὴ ὀφρύι δεξιᾷ, ἀπέχειν …