Lease of Farm Land
Draft of a contract by which Kronion, son of Zoilos, leases to Tenouphis, son of Orseus, and Kronion, son of Labesis, a catoecic allotment of two and one-half arourai
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Draft of a four-year lease in which Kronion son of Zoilos leases a catoecic allotment of 2 1/2 arouras to Tenouphis son of Orseus and Kronion son of Labesis. Rent alternates between money plus lentils in years one and three and 15 artabas of wheat in years two and four. It comes from the Arsinoite nome, probably Tebtynis, around AD 43-45.
A catoecic allotment (kleros katoikikos) was land originally held by military settlers, later freely transferable. The text is a draft with deletions, and the 'year 5' is probably of Claudius, which suggests AD 44-45.
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 Farm 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.
Draft of a contract by which Kronion, son of Zoilos, leases to Tenouphis, son of Orseus, and Kronion, son of Labesis, a catoecic allotment of two and one-half arourai
ἐμίσθωσεν Κρονίων Ζωίλου ὡς ἐτῶν μ, οὐλαὶ μήλοις ἀμφοτέροις, Τενούφι Ὀρσεῦτος ὡς ἐτῶν μγ, οὐλὴ χειρὶ ἀριστερᾷ ἐκτός, καὶ Κρονίωνι Λαβήσιος ὡς ἐτῶν κθ, οὐλὴ ῥινὶ ὑπὸ μεσόφρυον, κλῆρον κατοικικὸν ἀρουρῶν β 𐅵 ἢ ὅσαι ἐὰν ὦσιν ἐν μιᾷ σφραγῖδι εἰς ἔτη δ ἀπὸ τοῦ ε ἔτους εἰς σπορὰν ὧν ἐὰ…
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