One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 17274
End of a lease subscribed by Aurelius Stephanos TM 17274Found at: Karanis250, October 11
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The closing part of a lease contract found at Karanis, dated 11 October AD 250 in the reign of Decius and his sons. Aurelius Stephanos confirms that he has leased as stated, and since he is illiterate, Aurelius Apollinarios son of Saras signs for him.
In English machine translation
[…] [and having been asked the formal question,] I agreed. [Year 2 of Imperator] Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius Felix and Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius [and] Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus, the most august Caesars, Augusti, Phaophi 14.
I, Aurelius Stephanos, have leased as stated above. I, Aurelius Apollinarios son of Saras, wrote on his behalf, as he does not know letters.
Aurelius Apollona… […]
The body of the lease is lost, so the property and terms are unknown. The phrase 'having been asked the formal question, I agreed' is the standard stipulation clause that made the contract legally binding.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Lease). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Contract [250-251 AD]
Contract
p.nyu.2.9
[… ? lines lost …] […]καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. ἔτους β Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Γαίου Μεσσίου Κυίντου Τραιανοῦ Δεκίου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς καὶ Κυίντου Ἑρεννίου Ἐτρούσκου Μεσσίου Δεκίου καὶ Γαίου Οὐάλεντος Ὁστιλλιανοῦ Μεσσίου Κυίντου τῶν σεβασμιωτάτων Καισάρων Σεβαστῶν, Φαῶφι ιδ Αὐρήλ…