A lease contract from Hermopolis in which Aurelius Haplous of the village of Pselamynthis rents seven arouras of unirrigated land from the noblewoman Aurelia Kyra also called Eustorgia. The land had been mortgaged to her by Archontia, and Haplous will pay an annual rent of 30 artabas of wheat and 6 of barley each Epeiph, for as long as she holds the land.
In English machine translation
After the consulship of Flavii […] and Venantius, the most illustrious, […] Epeiph […] of the second indiction.
To Aurelia Kyra also called Eustorgia, the most noble daughter of Abraamios of excellent memory, from the city of the Hermopolites,
from Aurelius Haplous son of Serenos, his mother being […], from the village of Pselamynthis in the Hermopolite nome. I acknowledge that I have of my own free will and choice leased from your nobility, for as long a time as you hold them, the seven arouras of unirrigated land situated in the plain of the same village, which came to your nobility from Archontia daughter of Aminos, from the same city of the Hermopolites, and were mortgaged to your nobility by the same most noble Archontia, from the crops of the third indiction, with God's help, for sowing and planting whatever crops I choose, at a fixed annual rent for them of 30 artabas of wheat and 6 artabas of barley, which rent, new, clean and sieved, by the Athenian measure, I will pay and measure out to your nobility in the month of Epeiph of each year without delay. The lease is valid and guaranteed, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent.
I, Aurelius Haplous son of Serenos, the aforementioned, have taken the lease as stated above. I, Ioannes, deacon, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters.
I, Aurelius Ioannes son of Andronikos, from Hermopolis, witness the lease, having heard it from the party who made it.
I, Aurelius Antonios son of Taurinos, from Hermopolis, witness the lease, having heard it from the party who made it.
I, […] son of Herminos, from Hermopolis, witness the lease, having heard it from the party who made it.
[…] Written by me, Ioannes.
The lessor holds the land only as security for a debt, so the lease runs only as long as she keeps possession. The consular date names Venantius, probably the consul of AD 507 or 508, but the date is damaged.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Pacht eines verpfändeten Grundstücks). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.