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Opening of a lease, dated 8 July 551, addressed to the holy oratory of John the Baptist called Peripatos in the Hermopolite, represented by its steward Zacharias. The lessee takes a farmstead (epaulis) belonging to the oratory for as long as the oratory wishes, starting later in the month Epeiph of the 15th indiction.
An epaulis is a rural farmstead or estate building; the lease is 'for as long as you wish', a term at the lessor's discretion common in late antique leases. The lessee's name and the rent are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Pacht einer Epaulis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
† βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαουίου Ἰουστινιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου αὐγούστου αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους εἰκοστοῦ πέμπτου μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Φλαουίου Βασιλείου τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου ἔτους δεκάτου Ἐπεὶφ ιδ ιε ἰνδικτίονος. τῷ δικαίῳ τοῦ ἁγίου εὐκτηρίου ἄββα Ἰωάννου βαπτιστοῦ καλουμένου Περι…
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