Receipt for Rent of Ousiac Land
Receipt for 40 drachmai issued by the collector of ousiac dues of Epipolis to the superintendent of ousiac lands in charge of the leasing of the ousia of Antonius Theon
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Receipt for rent on ousiac land of Antonius Theon TM 12279Epipolis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptNovember 18, 177 A.D.
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A receipt issued by Syrion, collector of ousiac dues at Epipolis in the Arsinoite nome, acknowledging payment of 40 drachmas on account for rent by Flavius Diogenes, superintendent of the lease of the estate formerly of Antonius Theon. It is dated 18 November AD 177.
In English machine translation
Syrion, collector of ousiac dues of Epipolis in the Herakleides division. Flavius Diogenes, superintendent of ousiac (lands), of the lease of (the estate of) Antonius Theon, has paid for rent on account 40 drachmas, total 40 drachmas.
Year 18 of the Aurelii Antoninus and Commodus, the lords Augusti, Hathyr 22.
Ousiac land (ousia) was estate land that had passed into imperial ownership and was leased out under state supervision; the estate here is named after its earlier owner Antonius Theon.
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 of Usiac 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.
p.mich.10.599
Συρίων πράκτωρ οὐσιακῶν Ἐπιπόλεως Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος. διέγραψεν Φλαούιος Διογένης ἐπιτηρητὴς οὐσιακῶν μισθώσεως Ἀντωνίου Θέωνος ὑπὲρ φόρου ἐπὶ λόγου δραχμὰς τεσσαράκοντα, γίνονται δραχμαὶ μ. ἔτους ιη Αὐρηλίων Ἀντωνίνου καὶ Κομμόδου τῶν κυρίων Σεβαστῶν Ἁθὺρ κβ.