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An agreement from Hermopolis between Hermes son of Diogenes, a former kosmetes, and Cornelius also called Hermophilos, concerning a sublease partnership in a lake called Patron's. Hermes, the lessee for three years, took Cornelius as a one-sixth partner and acknowledges receiving his share of the rent, 1 talent; the text breaks off in the clauses and dating formula under Septimius Severus and Caracalla.
A kosmetes was a city magistrate responsible for the gymnasium and ephebes. One talent equals 6,000 drachmas, which is one sixth of 2,000 drachmas a year over three years.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Agreement Concerning a Lake). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἑρμῆς Διογένους κοσμητεύσαντος Ἑρμουπόλεως τῆς μεγάλης ἀρχαίας καὶ λαμπρᾶς καὶ Κορνήλιος ὁ καὶ Ἑρμόφιλος Εὐδαίμονος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως ἀλλήλοις χαίρειν. ἐπεὶ ὁ Ἑρμῆς μισθωτὴς γενόμενος λίμνης καλουμένης Πάτρωνος εἰς ἔτη τρία ἀπὸ τοῦ δεκάτου ἔτους προσελάβετο τὸν Κορνήλιον κοινω…
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