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Offer to lease royal land on the island of Amonyris TM 19382HermopolisAug. - Sept. 96

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An offer to lease royal land, addressed to Petronius Decrianus, strategos of the Hermopolite nome, by several men including Taurinus son of Taurinus. They propose to rent land on the island of Amonyris formerly farmed by Horion, paying rent in wheat jointly, clearing rushes at their own expense, with allowances for land lost to flooding, sand or lack of inundation. It dates to August-September AD 96 at Hermopolis.

In English machine translation

[…] to Petronius Decrianus, strategos of the Hermopolite nome, [from …]des son of Kastor and Taurinus son of Taurinus […] […] Demetrios, of the Althaean deme. We wish to lease […] […] from the present 16th year of the Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus […] the arouras previously farmed by Horion son of Pa[…] […] of the island of Amonyris, of royal land, arouras […] […] at the rate of […] artabas of wheat for each aroura […] […] each year for each aroura, of acceptable wheat […] […] with an additional charge (?) for each aroura of acceptable wheat […] […] on mutual security to the public treasury each year […] […] at our own expense, having cleared the rushes on it as dry land […] […] we will hand over. But if any of it becomes washed away by the river or covered with sand […] […] from the present 16th year, or also unflooded from the coming 17th year […] […] of the Emperor Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, it will be allowed to us […] […] from the additional charge. If therefore it seems good to lease to us […]

Strictly this is a lease offer submitted to the strategos, a common form for leasing state (royal) land. 'Epithema' refers to a surcharge added to the rent per aroura.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contratto d’affitto). 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 · Aug. - Sept. 96 · Hermopolis

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