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Fragmentary offer to lease land, addressed by Herakleios, a farmer of the Hermopolite nome, to Harpaesis son of Amphon, for the 5th year of the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. The land was apparently connected with the elders of the village of Sarapieion in the upper Peri Polin district, and was to be leased at a fixed rent.
The 5th year of Antoninus (Marcus Aurelius) and Verus corresponds to AD 164/5. The word read as praktor (collector) after Herakleios is uncertain in its function here, and 'dochikon' refers to a standard measure used at the receiving granary.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a lease). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἁρπαήσει Ἀμφῶνος παρὰ Ἡρακλείου πράκτορος γεωργοῦ Ἑρμοπολίτου· βούλομαι ἑκουσίως μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ πρὸς μόνον τὸ ἐνεστὸς ε ἔτος Ἀντωνίνου καὶ Οὐήρου Καισάρων τῶν κυρίων […] ἐν μισθώσει π…ρ… Ψόειτος Φιβιο…εχ […]βοιτος καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν πρεσβυτέρων κώμης Σαραπιήου ἐν τῷ Περὶ Πόλιν …
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