Lease, preserved in two copies on one sheet, by which Pieous son of Loulous from the village of Ibion Sesembythis leases from Makarios son of Aphous shares of property including orchard land, with rent paid in dates, olives and persea fruit. It was drawn up in the Hermopolite nome in AD 582/583.
In English machine translation
[recto]
In the reign of the most divine […] eternal Augustus Imperator […]
To Makarios son of Aphous, the most pious […]
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[…] irrigation (?) […]
by the Athenian measure […]
and of the arouras […]
and I will provide you with wine (?) […]
openly […]
and valid, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. […]
Pieous son of Lilous […]
I witness the lease, having heard it from the party who made it […]
I witness the lease, having heard it from the party who made it […]
Written by me, Elias […]
In the reign of our most divine master […] the eternal Augustus Imperator, year […]
To Makarios son of Aphous, the most pious […], from Pieous son of Loulous, grandson of Maieus, most pious […], from the village of Ibion Sesembythis […], greetings. I acknowledge that I have willingly and of my own choice leased from […] from the crops of the second indiction, God willing, […] sixth, a narrow alley and the fourth part […] of the east house and the fourth part […] of Ailianos the cancellarius, situated in […] all the orchard work and the water supply […] the rent for this each year, dates […] and of olives half an artaba and of persea fruit half an artaba […]. I likewise nonetheless also lease from you a fourth part […] without delay. The lease is valid and binding, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Pieous son of Loulous, the aforesaid, have leased everything as stated above. Ammonios son of Elias, with God […]
Aphous son of Damianos, deacon, from Hermopolis, I witness […]
Written by me, Elias […]
[verso]
[…] year (?) […]
The text survives in a damaged first copy and a fuller second copy; the lessee's father is spelled Lilous in one and Loulous in the other. The persea was a fruit tree sacred in Egypt, commonly grown in orchards.
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.