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Lease of land near Nesla for barley and hay TM 21968Oxyrhynchos184 - 185

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A lease of several small plots of land near Nesla in the Oxyrhynchite nome, granted by Demetrous also called Thaesis, acting with her cousin Horion as guardian, to Sarapion for one year (the 25th regnal year, AD 184-185). One plot is to be sown with barley for a fixed rent in barley, the others used for hay for a fixed money rent of 180 drachmas.

In English machine translation

Demetrous also called Thaesis, daughter of Terentius, from Oxyrhynchus city, with her guardian, her cousin Horion son of Amois son of Terentius, from the same city, has leased to Sarapion, styled as son of his mother Tachois, from the same city, for the present 25th year only, the land belonging to her near Nesla: in the place called Sambous 1 aroura, and in the place called Helos, west of the royal land called Pasture of Goats, 1 1/2 arouras, and near the Iseion of Panga, from the holding of Nikanor and Drimakos, 3 arouras, with no survey being made of any of them, on condition that he sow or plough-clear (?) the 1 aroura in the place Sambous with barley at a fixed rent of […] artabas of barley, and the 1 1/2 arouras in the place Helos and the 3 arouras near the Iseion of Panga, together 4 1/2 arouras, he shall plough-clear (?) with hay at a fixed rent of 180 drachmas of silver, all free from every risk […]

The verb xylamesai is a rare agricultural term, probably meaning to clear or till land for a fodder or catch crop; its exact sense is uncertain. The 25th year is that of Commodus (counting from Marcus Aurelius), and the end of the contract is lost.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 184 - 185 · Oxyrhynchos

ἐμίσθωσεν Δημητροῦς ἡ καὶ Θαῆσις Τερεντίου ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἀνεψιοῦ Ὡρίωνος Ἀμόιτος τοῦ Τερεντίου ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως Σαραπίωνι χρηματίζοντι μητρὸς Ταχόιτος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως πρὸς μόνον τὸ ἐνεστὸς κε ἔτος τὰς ὑπαρχούσας αὐτῇ περὶ Νέσλα ἐν μὲν τόπῳ λεγομένῳ…