Lease of a Bakery
Contract by which Herakleides, son of [- - -], leases a bakery to Petesouchos and Sochotes, both sons of Petesouchos
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A contract from Tebtynis in which Herakleides leases to the brothers Petesouchos and Sochotes, sons of Petesouchos, a bakery in his farmstead, equipped with a Theban mill, a mortar and an oven, for two years at 80 silver drachmas a year. The rent is payable in four instalments of 20 drachmas, and the illiterate lessees' subscription was written by Diodoros son of Ptolemaios.
"Persians of the Epigone" was a legal status designation in Roman-period contracts, not an ethnic one. A "Theban mill" was a type of hand-operated grain mill.
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 a Bakery). 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 Herakleides, son of [- - -], leases a bakery to Petesouchos and Sochotes, both sons of Petesouchos
[… ? lines lost …] ἓξ οὐλὴ ………[…] χ…ωτου ………[…]Πέρσαις τῆς ἐπιγονῆς ἀλλήλων ἐγγύοις εἰς ἔκτισιν, ἐν τῇ ὑπαρχούσηι τῶι Ἡρακλείδῃ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ κώμῃ ἐπαύλει …… καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ μύλον Θηβαικὸν σὺν τραπέζαις καὶ κώπῃ καὶ ὅλμον ἕνα καὶ κλίβανον ἕνα . ἡ μίσθωσις εἰς ἔτη δύο ἀπὸ τοῦ προκιμένου …
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