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Beginning of a land lease from Oxyrhynchus, dated by the consulship of Constantine and Licinius Caesar in AD 319. Aurelius Apollonios also called Serenos leases for one year land owned by Aurelius Leonides son of Theon near Antipera Pela; the terms are lost.
The year '14, 12, 4' refers to the regnal years of Constantine, Licinius and the Caesars used together. The wording shifts from third person to 'you', a common inconsistency in leases framed as offers to the landowner.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lease of Land). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Κωνσταντίνου Σεβαστοῦ τὸ ε καὶ Λικινίου τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος τὸ α. ἐμίσθωσεν Αὐρήλιος Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ καὶ Σερῆνος υἱὸς Ἀπολλωνίου απ……οξ… ἀπὸ τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως Αὐρηλίῳ Λεωνίδῃ Θέωνος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως πρὸς μόνον τὸ…
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