Two tenant farmers, Hermes and Heron, notify the landowner Diogenis, acting with her guardian Didymos, that they are giving up their lease of 6 arouras near Kerkesis after paying all rents through year 3. They ask to be released so she can re-lease the land to others. Written at Tebtynis on 1 October 140.
In English machine translation
To Diogenis daughter of Lysimachos also called Louppos, with her guardian Didymos,
from Hermes son of Herakleides son of Hermes, and Heron son of Didymos son of Heron, the two [...]. We happen to have leased from you long ago, near the village of Kerkesis, 6 arouras of a kleros, and having paid the rents in kind and in money up to the past year 3 and for year 3 itself, and asking to be released from the cultivation of these from the present year 4 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, I submit this memorandum so that you may know that we are withdrawing willingly and of our own choice, and that you are taking possession and re-leasing to others; if it seems good, release us.
Hermes, about 29 years old, scar on the left hand.
Heron, about 26 years old, without distinguishing marks.
Year 4 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Phaophi 4.
Ekphoria are rents paid in kind and phoroi rents in money. A kleros was an allotment of land originally granted to settlers.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Disdetta di affitto). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.