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Lease of rooms in a house at Herakleopolis TM 15553Herakleopolis29. Juli 575

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A lease in which Aurelius Ioannes son of Paulos rents from Ioannes son of the late Ptolemaios Hesychios a room facing south, a small chamber and a bread-store on the first floor of a house in Herakleopolis, with use of the well. The rent is 1,000 nummi a year, payable at year's end, for as long as the owner wishes. It was drawn up at Herakleopolis on 29 July 575.

In English machine translation

[recto] † After the consulship of our lord Flavius Justinus the eternal Augustus, year 10, Mesore 5, of the eighth indiction, in Herakleopolis. Aurelius Ioannes son of Paulos […] from Herakleopolis, to the most admirable Ioannes son of the late Ptolemaios Hesychios, from the same city, greetings. I have leased from you, from the property belonging to you in the same Herakleopolis in the lane (?) of Phla[…], from a whole house opening to the west, on the first floor, one room facing south and the small chamber in its entirety, and […] one bread-store, with the well and every right in proportion, for whatever time you wish, from today, the aforementioned day, at a rent per year of 1,000 nummi of small change, total 1,000 nummi, which rent I will pay you at the end of each year. The lease is valid, and having been asked the formal question I have agreed. I, Aurelius Ioannes, the aforesaid: the agreement is satisfactory to me as stated above. † 643 † Through me, Tiberius […] Through me, [Tiberius] […] † [verso] …

The lease runs 'for whatever time you wish', meaning it could be terminated at the landlord's discretion. The '643' (chi-mu-gamma) is a Christian isopsephic symbol often found before notary signatures; the notary's subscription is partly in Latin letters.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Miete einer Etage). 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 · 29. Juli 575 · Herakleopolis

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