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Opening of a written offer to lease, addressed to the Hermopolite landowner Aurelia Charite by a soldier of a unit of Moorish scutarii commanded by the praepositus Almesianus. He proposes to lease property from her for one year, but the rest of the text, including what was to be leased and the terms, is lost.
Aurelia Charite is a well-known 4th-century landowner of Hermopolis whose archive includes this text. The soldier's rank and unit name are 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 Fragment einer Pachtofferte). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Αὐρηλίᾳ Χαρίτῃ Ἀμαζονίου ἀπὸ Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως τῆς λαμπροτάτης παρὰ[…]ατου προμώτου Μαύρων σκουταρίων τῶν διακειμένων ὑπὸ Ἀλμεσιανὸν πραιπόσιτον […]…ς. βούλομαι ἑκουσίως καὶ αὐθαιρέτως μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ πρὸς μόνον ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα …[…] [… ? lines lost …]
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