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Copy of a receipt for rent in kind for land near Tholthis TM 22225Oxyrhynchos11. Juli 50

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A copy of a receipt in which the landowner Sarapion son of Chairemon acknowledges receiving rent in kind from his tenant farmers Mnesitheos and Gaius Coutius for land near Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome, and renounces further claims. Gaius Coutius adds a note that he keeps the original and will produce it if needed. It dates to the tenth year of Claudius, AD 50.

In English machine translation

Copy of a receipt. Sarapion son of Chairemon to Mnesitheos son of Petesouchos and Gaius Coutius son of Marcus, farmers, greetings. I have received from you the rents in kind for the plots of mine that you have farmed near Tholthis of the toparchy of Thmoisepho, from the holding (kleros) of Pyrrhias (?), in the present tenth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, which formerly belonged to Hierax and Theon son of Eudaimon, and I make no claim against you on any matter whatsoever. I, Sarapion son of Chairemon, have received the rents in kind and make no claim against you on any matter whatsoever, as stated above. Year 10 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Epeiph 16. I, Gaius Coutius son of Marcus, have the original of the above in my possession and will produce it if need arises. Year 10 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Epeiph 17.

The receipt is dated Epeiph 16 (10 July) and the copyist's note Epeiph 17 (11 July), the date given in the records. Ekphoria are rents paid in produce rather than money.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Rent in Kind). 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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p.oxy.38.2836

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 11. Juli 50 · Oxyrhynchos

ἀντίγραφον ἀποχῆς Σαραπίων Χαιρήμονος Μνησιθέωι Πετεσούχου καὶ Γαίωι Κουτίωι Μάρκου υἱῶι γεωργοῖς χαίρειν. ἀπέχω παρʼ ὑμῶν τὰ ἐκφόρια ὧν γεγεωργήκατέ μου ἐδαφῶν περὶ Θῶλθιν τῆς Θμοισεφὼ τοπαρχίας ἐκ τοῦ Πυρρίου κλήρου ἐν τῶι ἐνεστῶτι δεκάτωι ἔτει Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστ…