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Six-year lease of 6 arouras near Terton Psake and Leukos Pyrgos TM 16103Hermopolis7. Okt. 464

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A six-year lease in which Aurelius Victor, a villager of Terton Psake in the Hermopolite nome, rents 6 arouras in two places from Flavius Ioannes, a member of the military staff of the Thebaid, for a yearly rent of 36 artabas of wheat and barley. It was drawn up at Hermopolis in October 464, with a scribe signing for the illiterate lessee.

In English machine translation

[recto] After the consulship of Flavius Vibianus, vir clarissimus, and of the one to be proclaimed, Phaophi 10, 3rd indiction. To Flavius Ioannes son of Taurinus, enrolled in the military staff (taxis) of the Thebaid, from Aurelius Victor son of Bekis, his mother being Pia, from the village of Terton Psake in the Hermopolite nome. I acknowledge that I have voluntarily and of my own free will leased from you for a period of six years, from the crops of the prosperous fourth indiction, the 6 arouras belonging to you in two places, of which 4 arouras are in the one place in the tax district of my village, and the remaining 2 arouras in the other place in the tax district of the village of Leukos Pyrgos, for the sowing of whatever crops I choose, the fixed rent for these each year being 36 artabas of wheat and barley in equal halves, which rent I will measure out to you in the month of Epeiph each year without delay, new, clean, sieved, by the Athenian measure, at the threshing floors of the same village. The lease is valid and secure, and having been asked I gave my assent. I, Aurelius Victor son of Bekis, the aforesaid, have leased as stated above. I, Aurelius Phoibammon son of Hermodoros, from Hermopolis, having been asked, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. […] Written through me, Phoibammon. [verso] Lease of Victor son of Bekis from the village of Terton Psake in the Hermopolite nome.

Sitokrithon is a rent paid half in wheat and half in barley. The dating formula uses the post-consulate of Vibianus (consul 463) with the colleague not yet proclaimed.

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

bgu.12.2147

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 7. Okt. 464 · Hermopolis

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