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End of a lease with subscription of the lessee Aurelius Petechon TM 20293Kellis (Oasis Magna)27. Apr. 306

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The closing part of a lease contract from Kellis in the Dakhla Oasis, dated 27 April 306, in which Aurelius Petechon, the lessee, confirms the lease. An added receipt records a payment of nine talents of silver in coin for the produce of the same year, involving a certain Pamour.

In English machine translation

[… 16 lines lost …] […] of the […] and if anything else […] being […] This agreement of the lease shall be valid, written in duplicate, of which I have issued a copy to you for security with my signature, and it is secure and lawful as if deposited in a public archive, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. Year 14 of our lords Constantius and Maximianus Augusti and year 2 of our lords Severus and Maximinus the most illustrious Caesars, Pachon 2. I, Aurelius Petechon, the aforementioned lessee, have taken on lease the aforementioned lease on all the conditions it contains, as stated above, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. Year 14 and year 2, […]2: I have received from you, Pamour […] for one lease […] talents of silver […] for the produce of the same year, nine talents of silver in coin, as stated above. I, Aurelius Petechon, the aforementioned lessee, have signed.

The first 16 lines with the description of the leased property are lost, so the identification as a house lease is only tentative. The final receipt is damaged and the roles of the parties in it are uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lease of a House (?)). 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 · 27. Apr. 306 · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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