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Lease of a house at Hermopolis from Aurelia Maria TM 16138Hermopolis1. Mai 565 (?)

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A lease contract from Hermopolis in which Aurelius Psas son of Papnouthios rents a whole house, except one room, in the West quarter of the city from the noblewoman Aurelia Maria, daughter of the late Menas, for 10 gold carats a year. He is illiterate, so another man signs for him, and two witnesses subscribe.

In English machine translation

[recto] [After the consulship of Flavius Basi]lius, the most glorious, in the twenty-[fourth] year, […] sixth, with God, at the beginning of the 14th indiction. To Aurelia Maria, the most noble daughter of Menas of blessed memory, originating from this city of the Hermopolites, from Aurelius Psas son of Papnouthios, his mother being Maria, originating from the same city. I acknowledge that I have willingly and of my own choice leased from your nobility, for as long a time as I have the use and habitation of the house described below, reckoned from today's day, which is also written above, the whole house belonging [to you], in whatever condition it is, except for one room (?), situated in the same city of the Hermopolites in its West quarter, opposite its great house, for my use and habitation, at a rent for it of 10 carats of gold each year, which rent I will pay to her at the end of [each] year without delay; [and whenever] you wish [to have it], likewise […] I will [hand back] to her the house with doors and keys as I [received it] […] to her and a couch (accubitum) in […] in the […] of the same [house]. The lease is valid and binding, and having been asked the formal question I acknowledged it. † I, Aurelius [Psas] son of Papnouthios, the aforesaid, have leased as stated above. [†] I, Aurelius […], having been asked, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. † I, A[…], witness the lease, having heard it from the party making it. † I, Aurelius […]rinas son of Phi[…], witness the lease, having heard it from the party making it † Written by […] notary. [verso] Lease made by Psas son of Papnouthios from Her[mopolis] […]

The lease runs for as long as the tenant wishes to occupy the house, an open-ended term typical of late antique Egyptian house leases. The date by the post-consulate of Basilius (year 24) is partly restored, hence uncertain.

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

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Mai 565 (?) · Hermopolis

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