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Receipt for rent on two private allotments farmed jointly TM 24823unbekannt5. Aug. 21

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An ostracon receipt in which a landowner, son of Nechthanouphis, acknowledges receiving from Herieus the rent for two privately owned allotments they farmed together in year 7 of Tiberius, and renounces further claims; the crop of one plot was divided at harvest. It is dated 5 August AD 21.

In English machine translation

[…]ris son of Nechthanouphis to Herieus son of […]otes, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you the rent and the (share) from the produce-rent, for the two private allotments of mine which you farmed jointly with me in the 7th year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus. And I make no claim against you concerning the aforementioned two allotments, of which, for one, we divided the crop at the harvest. Year 7 of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Mesore 12. Written by Ammonios son of Apollodoros.

The text distinguishes a fixed rent (phoros) from a rent in kind on the produce (ekphorion). Kleroi here are allotments, originally military land grants, held as private property.

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). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 5. Aug. 21

[…]…ρις Νεχθανούφιος Ἑριεῦτι […]ωτου χαίρειν· ὁμολογῶ ἀπέχειν παρὰ σοῦ τὸν φόρον καὶ τὸν ἐξ ἐκφορίου, ὧν συνεγεώργεις μοι κλήρων μου ἰδιωτικῶν δύο τῶι ζ ἔτει Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ. καὶ οὐδέν σοι ἐγκαλῶ περὶ τῶν προκειμένων κλήρων δύο , οὗ τοῦ μὲν ἑνὸς τὸν καρπὸν διῃρήμεθα ἐπ…