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Offer to lease land near Antipera Pela TM 15921Oxyrhynchos319

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Opening of an offer to lease land, addressed by Aurelius Leonides son of Theon to the landowner Aurelius Dios son of Zoilos, both of Oxyrhynchus. The land lay near Antipera Pela in the Oxyrhynchite nome, and the lease was to run for one year only. The document dates to AD 319; the rest of the text is lost.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of our masters Constantine Augustus for the 5th time and Licinius the most illustrious Caesar for the 1st time. To Aurelius Dios son of Zoilos, from the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, from Aurelius Leonides son of Theon, from the same city. I voluntarily undertake to lease, for the present 14th, 12th and 4th year only, the [arouras] belonging to you near Antipera Pela[…] […]

The regnal year formula (14th, 12th and 4th year) counts the reigns of the co-emperors and Caesars of the time and is restored. The word for the land leased is lost; 'arouras' is supplied only by sense.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application for Lease). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.45.3258

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 319 · Oxyrhynchos

ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Κωνσταντίνου Αὐτοκράτορος τὸ ε καὶ Λικινίου τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος τὸ α Αὐρηλίῳ Δίῳ Ζωίλου ἀπὸ τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Λεωνίδου Θέωνος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως. ἑκουσίως ἐπιδέχομαι μισθώσασθαι πρὸς μόνον τὸ ἐνεστὸς ι…