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Lease of half a house at Oxyrhynchus TM 21222Oxyrhynchites

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A lease contract from the Oxyrhynchite nome in which two brothers, the Aurelii Sarapion and Pausanias of Oxyrhynchus, lease half a share of a house with its fixtures to a woman, daughter of Apollonios, who acts without a guardian by the right of children. The terms include rent in two six-monthly instalments and return of the house clean with its doors and keys at the end.

In English machine translation

[recto] [The Aurelii] Sarapion and Pausanias, from Oxyrhynchus [city, both sons of] Psosnaus, their mother being Isis, have leased [to Aurelia] […] daughter of [Apo]llonios, acting without a guardian [according to the customs of the Ro]mans by the right of children, […] from the present 6th year, which […] […] of Ammonios, half share […] and all fixtures, for a rent of […] Let the lessee therefore use the [house for the period] without hindrance, the lease being guaranteed, and let the lessee pay [the yearly] rent in two instalments, [half every six months], and after the period [let her hand over the] house clean of dung [and the] doors and keys fitted to the premises [just as she] received them, or let her pay [for whatever I do not hand] over its proper value, [the right of execution being] against the lessee [and against] all her property. The lease is valid, and in answer to the formal question we have agreed with [one another]. [verso] of Ibion [… lines lost …] Pius Felix Augustus Thoth […]

The 'right of children' (ius liberorum) allowed a woman with enough children to act legally without a male guardian. The emperor's name on the verso is lost, but the use of 'Aurelii' and 'Pius Felix Augustus' points to the 3rd century AD.'

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Mietvertrag). 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 · Oxyrhynchites

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