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Lease of a room in a house at Herakleopolis TM 20087Herakleopolis2. Nov. 398

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A lease in which Aurelius Aphous of Herakleopolis rents a room on the second floor of a north-facing house, with use of the courtyard, well and fittings, for one year. The annual rent is 1,800 myriads of silver denarii, payable at the end of the year. It is dated 2 November 398.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Aphous […] from Herakleopolis […] […] […] greetings. I have leased [from you, from the property belonging] to you in […] in the quarter […] of the Sakkophoros (?) […] lane […] of a house opening to the north, [with] […] and courtyard and well and all the appurtenances, in the second storey one place opening [onto] […] and the use of all the appurtenances […] for a year […] of the present month Hathyr of the present 12th indiction […] the rent agreed between us for the whole year, of silver 1,800 myriads of denarii, total 1,800 myriads of denarii, at the end of the year without delay. The lease is valid, and having been asked the formal question I agreed. In the consulship of our master Honorius the eternal Augustus for the 4th time and of Flavius Eutychianus the most illustrious, Hathyr 6. I, Aurelius Aphous son of Pran[…], have leased and will pay as aforesaid.

A myriad is 10,000 denarii, reflecting the heavy inflation of the late Roman currency. The lessor's name and the quarter name are largely lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ein Mietscontract). 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 · 2. Nov. 398 · Herakleopolis

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