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Sharecropping lease of farmland by Andreas TM 17640Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)534 - 535

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A sharecropping lease in which Andreas takes farmland from a landowner for one year, the sowing of the 14th indiction, supplying his own animals, labour and seed. The harvest is to be split in halves, and the chickling crop in thirds (two parts to the owner). It comes from Aphrodito in the Antaiopolite nome, AD 534-535.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] […] […] […] I have leased from you for the present year only, for the sowing of the crop of the, God willing, coming fourteenth indiction, [the farmland belonging to you] of however many arouras it amounts to […] for the three […] on condition that I carry out all the agricultural work with my own animals and at my own expense, without negligence or carelessness, the seed being provided by me; and when the season comes, the yield of every kind of crop and of chaff shall be divided between us by halves, to me for my labours, to you for the rent; […] of chickling from the aforesaid farmland shall be divided between us in thirds, I taking one part for my labours, you taking two parts for the rent. […] the seed and I receive […] the western arouras belonging to others […] the farming share […] of your wooden implement (?) to be […] from the common fund by way of wage […] the other expenses we shall make from the common fund. The lease, written in duplicate, is valid, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Andreas son of […], the aforesaid, have leased as stated above. I, Aurelius […], having been asked, wrote on his behalf, since he is illiterate. † Written by me, Abraamios.

The owner receives his share 'for the rent' (ekphoria) and the farmer 'for his labours', the standard wording of Byzantine sharecropping leases. The opening with the parties' names is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Teilpachtvertrag). 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 · 534 - 535 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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