Lease of Land
Beginning of a lease of 10 arourae of Idiotike ge at Talao from a senator of Antinoou polis to three brothers, half to be sown with wheat.
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Beginning of a lease in which Apollonios, a councillor of Antinoopolis, acting through his agent Dioskoros, leases 10 arouras of private land near the village of Talao to three brothers for four years. Half is to be sown with wheat and half with grass, for a fixed annual rent in wheat and money. Oxyrhynchos, AD 165-166.
The verb rendered 'clear of wood' (xylamesai) is a rare agricultural term of uncertain exact meaning. The money amount of the rent is partly lost (some number of tens plus eight drachmas).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lease of Land). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Beginning of a lease of 10 arourae of Idiotike ge at Talao from a senator of Antinoou polis to three brothers, half to be sown with wheat.
[r] ἐμίσθωσεν Ἀπολλώνιος Ἀπολλωνίου Σεβάστιος ὁ καὶ Καισάριος βουλευτὴς Ἀντινοέων διὰ Διοσκόρου φροντιστοῦ Κρονίωνι Παυσίριος μητρὸς Σιννεχώτου καὶ τοῖς ὁμομητρίοις ἀδελφοῖς Ἁρπαήσει καὶ Ὧρῳ ἀμφοτέροις Ἀνεμπέως τοῦ Ἁρπαήσιος τοῖς τρισὶ ἀπὸ κώμης Ταλαὼ εἰς ἔτη τέσσαρα βροχὰς τέσσα…
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