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End of a land lease from Tebtynis in which the lessee undertakes obligations about transport of the rent and promises to return the land free of weeds at the end of the term. It is subscribed by Sabinus, a former gymnasiarch, as party to the lease, and checked by Nikaris, and dated 16 November 165 AD.
The beginning of the lease, with the names of the parties and terms, is lost. The word read as 'deises' (δείσης) is obscure; it may be a misspelling of a weed or plant name, so its rendering as 'sedge' is a guess.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Affitto di terreno). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] φορέτρων ἐπισπουδασμοῦ, τῆς δὲ παραγωγῆς τῶν ἐκφορίων πρὸς σέ, καὶ μετὰ τὸν χρόνον παραδώσω τὰς ἀρούρας καθαρὰς ἀπὸ ἀγρώστεως δείσης πάσης πλὴν θρύου καλάμου. Σαβῖνος γεγυμνασιαρχηκὼςμεμίσθωκα ὡς πρόκιται. ἔτους ϛ Ἀντωνίνου καὶ Οὐήρου τῶν κυρίων Σεβαστῶν, Ἁθὺρ …
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