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Lease of 2 arouras by Aurelius Taurinos from the deacon Ioannes TM 20826Hermopolites631 - 641

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Opening of a land lease in which Aurelius Taurinos, son of Kollouthos and Eulogia, a farmer of Hermopolis, acknowledges leasing land for three years from the deacon Ioannes, son of the late Menas. The docket on the back shows the lease concerned 2 arouras. It dates to the joint reign of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, AD 631-641, in the Hermopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] † In the name of the holy and life-giving and consubstantial Trinity, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, in the reign of our most divine masters Flavii Heraclius and Heraclius the younger Constantine, the eternal Augusti and emperors, year […] † To Ioannes the most pious deacon, son of Menas of God-beloved memory, from the city of the Hermopolitans, from Aurelius Taurinos son of Kollouthos, his mother being Eulogia, farmer from the same city. I acknowledge that I have willingly and of my own choice leased from you for a period of three years […] [… lines lost …] [verso] Written agreement for 2 arouras, made by Taurinos son of Kollouthos

The text breaks off after the opening clause, so the terms of the lease are lost. An aroura is an Egyptian land measure of about 0.68 acres.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment eines Pachtvertrages). 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 · 631 - 641 · Hermopolites

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