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Lease of a storeroom at Hermopolis TM 17732Hermopolis336 - 337 (?)

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Beginning of a lease offer in which Aurelius Hierax, a town councillor of Hermopolis, proposes to rent a storeroom from Aurelius Asklepiades for two years. The rest of the contract is lost.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Asklepiades son of Adelphios, from the great city of Hermes (Hermopolis), from Aurelius Hierax son of Phrumentios, councillor of the same city. I wish voluntarily and of my own free will to lease from you for two years, the period being reckoned from the coming month […] of the present 10th new (?) indiction, the storeroom (cella) belonging to you […] […]

The Greek kella (from Latin cella) denotes a storeroom or magazine. The indiction reading is damaged, so the date is 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 für ein Magazin). 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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cpr.17A.38

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 336 - 337 (?) · Hermopolis

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