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Extension of a prepaid lease of 3 arouras of catoecic land at Tebtynis TM 12368Tebtynis (Arsinoites)25. Jan. 143

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A lease contract from Tebtynis, dated 25 January AD 143, in which Didymos also called Louris leases 3 arouras of catoecic land in the western plain to Kronion, an elder. The new lease extends Kronion's tenancy beyond an existing lease for which rent had been paid in advance.

In English machine translation

Year 6 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Tybi 30, at Tebtynis in the division of Polemon of the Arsinoite nome. Didymos also called Louris, son of Lysimachos, grandson of Herakleides also called Lourios, aged about 34, with a scar on the right forearm, acknowledges to Kronion, elder, son of Pakebkis […] […]nos, aged about 49, with a scar on the left hand, that he has leased to the same Kronion the 3 arouras, or however many there may be, of catoecic allotment land belonging to him, Didymos also called Lourios, son of Lysimachos, in the so-called western plain, for further years […] after the term of the other lease with advance payment of rent which Kronion holds from Didymos also called Lourios for the same arouras, for the years remaining under it […] from the present sixth year, for sowing and second sowing of whatever crops Kronion chooses […] […] towards […]

A prodomatic lease (prodomatike misthosis) is one where the rent was paid in advance, effectively a disguised loan to the landowner. 'Elder' (presbyteros) probably refers to a village official title.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Proroga di una προδοματικὴ μίσθωσις). 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 · 25. Jan. 143 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

ἔτους ἕκτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνείνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς Τῦβι λ ἐν Τεβτύνει τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος τοῦἈρσινοίτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Δίδυμος ὁ καὶ Λοῦρις Λυσιμάχου τοῦ Ἡρακλείδου τοῦ καὶ Λουρίου ὡς ἐτῶν τριάκοντα τεσσάρων οὐλὴ πήχει δεξιῷ Κρονίωνι πρεσβυτέρ…