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Sublease of land near the hamlet of Satyros for fodder crops TM 16538Oxyrhynchos9. Sept. 162

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A sublease in which Sarapas of Oxyrhynchus, himself a tenant of the former gymnasiarch Didymos son of Theon and his sister, sublets 2 2/3 arouras near the hamlet of Satyros to Amois of Tampemou for one year, to be sown with fodder grass for cutting and grazing at a rent of 100 drachmas payable in Epeiph. It is dated 9 September AD 162 at Oxyrhynchus, and the start of the lessee's acknowledgement survives.

In English machine translation

Sarapas son of Ptollas, his mother being Philoumene, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, has leased to Amois, so called, his mother being Taamois, from Tampemou, for the current 3rd year only of Aurelii Antoninus and Verus the lords Augusti, the 2 2/3 arouras near the hamlet of Satyros which he himself happens to hold on lease from Didymos son of Theon, former gymnasiarch, and his sister, on condition that he sow them with xylamesis (?) of grass for cutting and grazing, at a fixed rent of 100 drachmas. The rent is to be secure from every risk, the public dues on the land being the responsibility of the lessor, who is also to have ownership of the crops until he receives the rent. And the lease being guaranteed, let the lessee pay the rent to the lessor in the month of Epeiph, and let the lessor have the right of execution upon the lessee and upon all his property. The lease is valid. Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus and Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus, Thoth 12. I, Amois, my mother being Taamois, have leased the land for the current […] […] […]

The verb rendered 'sow with xylamesis' (xylamesai) is a rare agricultural term of uncertain exact meaning, apparently referring to a method of sowing or preparing land. The sublessor, not the subtenant, bears the public dues on the land.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sublease 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.

p.oxy.41.2974

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 9. Sept. 162 · Oxyrhynchos

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