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Petition of Harpaesis concerning flooded leased land at Kerkesis (copy) TM 12390Tebtynis (Arsinoites)3. Mai 148

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Copy of a petition from Harpaesis son of Kronion of Tebtynis to the royal scribe Dionysios, acting for the strategos, about 25 1/2 arouras of grain land he leased near Kerkesis from Asklepiades of Antinoopolis. He complains that in year 10 his sown wheat was flooded by a breach, which he blames on the landowner's negligence. Dated 3 May AD 148, Tebtynis.

In English machine translation

To Dionysios, royal scribe of the Polemon division of the Arsinoite nome, also acting as deputy for the office of the strategos, from Harpaesis son of Kronion, from the village of Tebtynis in the same division. Some time ago I leased from Asklepiades son of Asklepiades, citizen of Antinoopolis, near the village of Kerkesis in the same division, 25 1/2 arouras of grain land, including 10 1/2 arouras of ktamia (?), for which I paid him, Asklepiades, the full rents up to and including year 9. But in the past tenth year, after I had done the work under sureties and sown the arouras with wheat, a breach occurred from the dyke (?) near Kerkesis, and the grain arouras were flooded together with the other arouras, and it became clear to all that this happened through the negligence of Asklepiades, since he delayed in completing […] […]

This is a duplicate copy of a preceding document; much of the text is restored from the parallel version. The term 'ktamia' for a category of land is uncertain and largely restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Copia del documento precedente). 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 · 3. Mai 148 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

Διονυσίῳ βασιλικῶι γραμματεῖ Ἀρσινοίτου Πολέμωνος μερίδος, διαδεχομένῳ καὶ τὰ κατὰ τὴν στρατηγίαν παρὰ Ἁρπαήσεως τοῦ Κρονίωνος ἀπὸ κώμης Τεβτύνεως τῆς αὐτῆς μερίδος. ἐμισθωσάμην ἔτι πάλαι παρὰ Ἀσκληπιάδου τοῦ Ἀσκληπιάδου Ἀντινοέως περὶ κώμην Κερκῆσιν τῆς αὐτῆς μερίδος σιτικὰς ἀρο…