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Lease of public land in the plain of Phthla at Aphrodite TM 19034Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)28. Sept. - 27. Okt. 532

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A lease in which Aurelius Paulos son of Mousaios, a taxpayer of Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome, rents land in the plain of Phthla, north of the place of Apa Onnophrios, from the public account for one year. He pays a fixed rent of 1 gold solidus less 2 carats, dealing with the officials Victor and Enoch and the collector Phoibammon, in autumn 532.

In English machine translation

[Christ, Mary, Gabriel (?)] (chi-mu-gamma) After the consulship of Flavius Orestes and Flavius Lampadius, the most glorious, Phaophi […], eleventh indiction. To the public account, through Flavii Victor and Enoch, most esteemed expelleutai of the Antaiopolites, through the most respected Aurelius Phoibammon, singularis and collector, Aurelius Paulos son of Mousaios, mother […]a, taxpayer from the village of Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome, greetings. I acknowledge that I have voluntarily and of my own free will leased from your esteemedness, for the present year only, for the crops, God willing, of the coming twelfth indiction, the arouras belonging to you, situated in the plain of Phthla and […], together with the […] in the plain of Phthla, north of the place of Apa Onnophrios, on condition that I cultivate them and pay you as fixed rent 1 gold solidus less 2 carats by the goldsmiths' standard. The lease is made in duplicate, of identical form, and having been asked I gave my assent. † The public account, through us, Flavii Victor and Enoch, expelleutai, through me, Aurelius Phoibammon, collector, has leased […] as aforesaid. (chi-mu-gamma)

Expelleutai were officials responsible for enforcing tax and public revenue collection; the land evidently belonged to the public account, probably as land taken over for unpaid taxes. The opening and closing chi-mu-gamma is a common Christian symbol of uncertain meaning, often read as 'Christ born of Mary'.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Location de terrain). 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 · 28. Sept. - 27. Okt. 532 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

χμγ μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Φλαυίου Ὀρέστου καὶ ΦλαυίουΛαμπαδίου τῶν ἐνδοξοτάτων, Φαῶφι […] ἑνδεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος τῷ δημοσίῳ λόγῳ διὰ Φλαυίων Βίκτορος καὶ Ἐνὼχ εὐδοκιμωτάτων ἐξπελλευτῶν τῆς Ἀνταιουπολιτῶν, διὰ τοῦ αἰδεσιμωτάτου Αὐρηλίου Φοιβάμμωνος σιγγουλαρίου καὶ ἀπαιτητοῦ, Αὐρήλιος …