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Lease of a house in the Myrobalanos quarter of Oxyrhynchus TM 22480Oxyrhynchos14. Apr. 331

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A lease from Oxyrhynchus by which Aurelius Aphynchis son of Horos rents his whole house in the Myrobalanos quarter, with atrium, courtyard and cellar, to Aurelia Maria daughter of Pathermouthis for three years. The monthly rent in silver is lost where the papyrus breaks off. Dated 14 April 331.

In English machine translation

[recto] In the consulship of Iunius Bassus and Flavius Ablabius, the most illustrious prefects, Pharmouthi 19. Aurelius Aphynchis son of Horos, from the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites, has leased to Aurelia Maria daughter of Pathermouthis, her mother being Attia, from the same city, for a period of three years from the present month Pharmouthi of the current year 25, 15, 7, the entire house belonging to him in the same city in the Myrobalanos quarter, with atrium, courtyard and cellar, together with fixtures and all appurtenances; and (she will) pay as rent each month, from the same month Pharmouthi of the current year 25, 15, 7, in silver […] […] [verso] […] …apeios

The regnal year 25, 15, 7 counts the years of Constantine and his sons Constantine II and Constantius II. The amount of rent and the rest of the contract are 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 a House). 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.48.3384

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 14. Apr. 331 · Oxyrhynchos

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