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