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Sharecropping lease of land on the estate of Livia at Karanis TM 12052Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptOctober 31, 46 A.D.

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A sharecropping lease drawn up at Karanis on 31 October AD 46, by which Horion son of Papontos sublets to Tithoes son of Nepheros about 1 5/8 arouras of tax-free land on the estate of Livia, for growing vegetable seed. The harvest is split two parts to Horion and one to Tithoes, with Tithoes doing the farm work.

In English machine translation

In the seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, month of Neos Sebastos 4, at Karanis in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Horion son of Papontos, about 50 years old, with a scar on the little finger of the left hand, has leased to Tithoes son of Nepheros, Persian of the epigone, about 60 years old, with a scar in the middle of the forehead, from the land which he himself also farms near Karanis belonging to the estate of Livia, in tax-free land, 1 1/2 1/8 arouras or however many there may be, for the seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, for sowing with vegetable seed; [...] all the crops and vegetable seeds that come forth to be divided at the threshing floor, of which Horion is to have two parts and Tithoes one part; likewise all the transport costs at the threshing floor for haste being the responsibility of Horion, and the farming work the responsibility of Tithoes [...] and he shall supply [...] Tithoes [...] for the [...] [...]

The text has Horion as lessor and Tithoes as lessee, though the database description reverses the roles. Neos Sebastos is an honorific month name corresponding to Hathyr; 'Persian of the epigone' is a legal status designation of the period.

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

Contract of Lease of Land

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 6831 · October 31, 46 A.D. · Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Contract by which Horion son of Papontos leases from Tithoes son Nepheros some tax-exempted land in the ousia of Livia

p.mich.9.560

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 31. Okt. 46 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

ἔτους ἑβδόμου Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος μηνὸς Νέου Σεβαστοῦ δ ἐν Καρανίδι τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ἐμίσθωσεν Ὡρίων Παποντῶτος ὡς ἐτῶν πεντήκοντα οὐλὴ δακτύλῳ μικρῷ χειρὸς ἀριστερᾶς Τιθοῆι Νεφερῶτος Πέρσῃ τῆς ἐπιγονῆς ὡς ἐτῶν …