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An offer by Anoubas son of Kolosion to the lessee of a vineyard estate near Memphis, belonging to the minor children of Zoilos son of Herakleides and others, to take over the date harvest of the old palms on the estate. It dates to year 20 of Antoninus Pius (AD 156) and breaks off after the terms of use.
The Greek verb ekl"ambanein means to take on a contract or concession, here the right to harvest and keep the dates. The crop of year 19 'falling into' year 20 reflects dates ripening across the change of regnal year.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Kaufangebot auf eine Dattelernte). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Α…[…]……νος Μεμφείτῃ μισθωτῇ ἀμπελικοῦ κτήματος ἀφηλίκων παιδίων Ζωίλου Ἡρακλείδου καὶ ἄλλων περὶ Μέμφιν εν…ω…λη παρὰ Ἀνουβᾶτος Κολοσίωνος α……θ βούλομαι ἐγλαβεῖν παρὰ σοῦ τὸν καρπὸν τῶν ἐνόντων ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ κτήματι φοινίκων παλαιῶν καρποὺς τοῦ διεληλυθότος ιθ ἔτους καὶ ἐκπεπτωκότας …
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