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Lease of half a house in the Dromos Thoeridos quarter of Oxyrhynchus TM 20374Oxyrhynchos
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Beginning of a lease in which Aurelius Demetrios alias Zoilos, a former high priest, exegetes and city councillor of Oxyrhynchus, rents to Aurelius Theogenes, who has poor eyesight and acts through an officially appointed subscriber, a half share of a house with atrium, cellar and courtyard in the Dromos Thoeridos quarter of Oxyrhynchus for two further years from Thoth 1 of year 13.
In English machine translation
Aurelius Demetrios also called Zoilos, former high priest, exegetes, councillor of the city of the Oxyrhynchites, has leased to Aurelius Theogenes son of Theogenes grandson of Theogenes, from the same city, who is weak of sight, with the subscriber granted to him from the minutes of the strategia of Aurelius Dionysios also called Ammonios, for a period of two more years from Thoth 1 of the current 13th year, from the property belonging to him in the same city of Oxyrhynchus in the Dromos Thoeridos quarter, a half share of a house and atrium, under which is a cellar, and of a courtyard and all its appurtenances, held in common with […] according to […]
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Because the lessee was weak-sighted, a subscriber (hypographeus) to sign for him was assigned by a record of the strategos' office. The lease terms and rent are lost with the end of the document.
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.
p.oxy.6.911
ἐμίσθωσεν Αὐρήλιος Δημήτριος ὁ καὶ Ζωίλος ἀρχιερατεύσας ἐξηγητὴς βουλευτὴς τῆς Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν πόλεως Αὐρηλίῳ Θεογένει Θεογένους τοῦ Θεογένους ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως ἀσθενεῖ τὰς ὄψεις μεθʼ ὑπογραφέως τοῦ συνχωρηθέντος αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν ὑπομνημάτων τῆς στρατηγίας Αὐρηλίου Διονυσίου τοῦ καὶ Ἀ…