Opening of a lease offer in which Aurelius Phoibammon, from the hamlet of Konkon in the 1st pagus, undertakes to lease farmland for one year (the 14th indiction) from Aurelius Sarmates, a city councillor of Oxyrhynchus. It was written at Oxyrhynchus on 24 October 384.
In English machine translation
After the consulship of Flavius Merobaudes for the 2nd time and Flavius Saturninus, the most illustrious,
Phaophi 26.
To Aurelius Sarmates son of Ptoleminos, councillor of the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites,
from Aurelius Phoibammon son of Peeous, from the hamlet of Konkon, 1st pagus.
I voluntarily undertake to lease for the fortunate 14th indiction only, from the land belonging to you near the village of […] for sowing
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The text breaks off after the opening clauses, so the land, rent and terms are lost. The dating uses the year after the consulship of Merobaudes (2nd time) and Saturninus (383).
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.