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Sharecropping lease of dry land at Aphrodite TM 19344Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)31. Aug. 520

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Lease of land at Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome, in which Aurelius Sansneus son of Psaios rents from Apollos son of Dioskoros and partners a plot of dry land next to his own holding. He undertakes all the cultivation with his own animals, irrigation from his cistern if needed, and an equal division of the crop and chaff as labour share and rent.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of Flavius Vitalianus the most glorious, Thoth 3, 14th indiction. To the most honourable Apollos son of Dioskoros, Psimanobet, and […] son of Victor, from the village of Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome, from Aurelius Sansneus son of Psaios, son of Hortabane (?), from the same village, greetings. ☧ I have leased from you, for the whole time you choose, adjoining my own holding, and […] the plot of land described below, from the crops, God willing, of the coming fifteenth indiction, and of it the existing share of the holding of dry land, to the south of my arouras, to the north of the holding of Pherko from the village of Pakeskes, on condition that I cultivate these and do all the work and receive (them) with my own animals and farmer, and, God willing, the seed is to be supplied from the common stock, as it comes. And if at any time the whole holding is not flooded but only part is flooded, I am to cultivate this myself in proportion to my arouras, and to irrigate from the cistern of my property, and the proportionate share of the machine and of the expenses from the common stock; and of all the produce and chaff remaining it shall be divided between us by halves, to me one share for the labour, to you one share for the rent. The lease is valid, and having been asked, I agreed. † † † In proportion to my arouras, on rent, as I shall be able […] three […] half […] […]

The lessor Apollos is the father of the well-known Dioskoros of Aphrodite. The terms are a half-share sharecropping arrangement, with produce split equally between labour and rent.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Affitto di terreno). 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 · 31. Aug. 520 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

ὑπατείας Φλαουίου Βιταλιανοῦ τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου Θὼθ γ ιδ ἰνδικτίονος. τοῖς τιμιωτάτοις Ἀπολλῶτι υἱῷ Διοσκορόυ Ψιμανωβὲτ καὶ …… Βίκτορος ἀπὸ κώμης Ἀφροδίτης τοῦ Ἀνταιοπολίτου νομοῦ παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Σανσνεοῦτος Ψαίου Ωρταβανε ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης χαίρειν. ☧ μεμίσθωμαι παρʼ ὑμῶν πρὸς ὅλον …