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Lease of an empty plot in the East Fort quarter of Hermopolis TM 22747Hermopolis28. Nov. 260

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An offer to lease an empty building plot in the East Fort quarter of Hermopolis for five years at 40 drachmas a year. Aurelia Hermione, acting through her father Aurelius Soter, a councillor of Antinoopolis, addresses the owner Aurelius Ph[…] also called Eudaimon. It is dated 28 November 260 in the reign of the usurpers Macrianus and Quietus.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Ph[…] also called Eudaimon […], of the Hermopolite nome […], from Aurelia Hermione […], through her father Aurelius Soter son of […]chos, councillor and former magistrate of the city of the Antinoites. I wish of my own free will to lease from you for five years, from the present month Choiak of the current year 1, an empty plot measuring from south to north 6 cubits 2 palms, and from west to east 8 cubits, in Hermopolis in the quarter of the East Fort, on the west, adjoining the south side of the house, for use, at a rent each year of 40 drachmas, which I will pay you every year without delay and without trouble; and at the end of the five-year period I will hand back to you the plot as I received it. And having been asked the formal question, through my father I gave my assent. Year 1 of the Emperors and Caesars Titus Flavius Junius Macrianus and Titus Fulvius Julius Quietus, Pious, Fortunate, Augusti, Choiak 2. I, Aurelia Hermione, through my father Soter, and however I am styled, have leased as aforesaid.

The dating by Macrianus and Quietus reflects their brief recognition in Egypt as emperors in 260-261. The plot's width is given only as 'eight', presumably cubits.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.lond.3.954

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 28. Nov. 260 · Hermopolis

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