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Copy of a receipt in which the landowner Chairemon son of Sokrates acknowledges that the farmers Petaus, Pethes and Marres have paid the rent on his allotment for the harvest of the 8th year of Claudius. He reserves his claim to other rents still owed by Marres son of Petosiris. Dated 23 August AD 48.
Kaisareios is the Roman-era name for the month Mesore; a kleros is a land allotment originally granted to a settler. The farmers also keep the seed for the following year.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἀντίγραφον ἀπουχῆς Χαιρήμων Σωκράτους Πεταῦτι καὶ Πεθέι καὶ Μαρρήους γεωργοῖς χαίρειν. ἀπέχω παρʼ ὑμῶν τὰ ἐκφόρια ὧν γεωργεῖτε μου κλήρου γενήματος η ἔτους ὑμῶν ἐχόντων τὰ σπέρματα τοῦ θ ἔτους κατὰ μηδέν μου ἐλαττουμένου ὑπὲρ ὧν ὀφείλει μοι Μαρρῆς Πετοσίριος ἕτερα ἐκφόρια. ἔτους …
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