Fragment of a lease of a dovecote for a rent of pigeons TM 19380Hermopolites85 - 86

Fragment of a lease, probably of a dovecote, in which the lessee Nearchas agrees to pay an annual rent of 100 pigeons, with the dung produced during the term going to him. It was written in the 5th year of Domitian (AD 85-86) in the Hermopolite nome.

In English machine translation

Pigeon dung was a valued fertilizer, so its allocation was a standard clause in dovecote leases. Kaisareios is the Roman-period name for the Egyptian month Mesore.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di affitto (di una colombaia)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.