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Lease of five arouras of grain land at Tebtynis TM 12342Tebtynis (Arsinoites)2. Dez. 297

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An offer to lease 5 arouras of grain land near Tebtynis, made by Aurelius Pamoun son of Philosarapis to the landowner Aurelius Herakleides son of Maximos for the current year. The lessee supplies seed and oxen, rent is set at 1 artaba per aroura with the rest of the crop divided, and the owner pays the public charges; it is dated in year 2 of the usurper Domitius Domitianus (AD 297).

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Herakleides son of Maximos, […]arion, and however you are styled, from Aurelius Pamoun son of Philosarapis, his mother being Hero, from the village of Tebtynis. I wish […] you, but also to lease from you the 5 arouras of grain land belonging to you near the same village of Tebtynis […] according to […] share, for only […] of the present year 2, the rent being reckoned by common […] at 1 artaba for each aroura, and the remainder we shall divide […] you […], I the lessee providing the sufficient seed, and also oxen for […]; and it shall not be permitted to me to abandon the lease within the term in any way, but I shall also carry out all the yearly work, all the public charges being yours as owner; and after the term I shall hand over the arouras just as I received them, as seems good to the lessor; and having been asked the formal question I agreed. I, Aurelius Herakleides, have leased as stated above. Year 2 of our lord Lucius Domitius Domitianus.

Lucius Domitius Domitianus was a short-lived usurper in Egypt against Diocletian, so the regnal dating is unusual. The subscription oddly has the lessor Herakleides say 'I have leased', perhaps meaning 'I have let out'.

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, dated by reign of L. Domitius Domitianus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Dez. 297 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

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