Fragmentary offer to lease 27 arouras of land from a holding once belonging to Amyntas in the Hermopolite nome, in the third year of Vespasian (AD 70/71). Half the land was to be sown with wheat at 10 artabas per aroura and half with arakos (a fodder legume) at 7 artabas of barley per aroura, with rent paid in Pauni free of extra charges.
In English machine translation
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[I wish to lease from the present] third [year] of Imperator Caesar Vespasian [Augustus] the 27 arouras belonging to you from the (holding) of Amyntas near Ter[tos(?)], (adjoining?) Petochnoubis son of Patres upstream (?),
[at a rent] for each aroura of 10 artabas of wheat
[…] of the aforesaid arouras, 13 1/2 arouras at 10 artabas of wheat each, and the remaining 13 1/2 arouras for a crop of arakos for cutting (?), at a rent
[for each] aroura of 7 artabas of barley, fixed,
[and all] I will measure out for the aforesaid arouras and
[…] without surcharge and transport charges and cleaning
[…] of the aforesaid rents […]
[…] and all the remaining rents I will measure out [in the month of Pa]uni of the present third
[year of Imperator Caesar Vespas]ian Augustus
[…] unadulterated, by the measure […]
[…] 2 1/2 […]
[…] from you […]
Arakos is a leguminous fodder crop, probably a kind of vetch; the word rendered 'for cutting' (xylamē) is a rare term of uncertain meaning. The place-name and neighbour description are largely restored.
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.