Fragment of a lease of 10 arouras of land TM 25458HermopolitesI - II

Fragment of a land lease from the Hermopolite nome, dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD. The lessor leases 10 arouras, paying for flooding and ditching himself, at a rent of 10 artabas of wheat per aroura sown; the lessee is to pay the wheat into the public granary and bring the receipt in Epeiph.

In English machine translation

The rent is paid not to the lessor but into the public granary, suggesting the lessor's tax obligations were met from it. The terms 'limnasmos' and 'aulakismos' refer to irrigating by flooding and cutting ditches.

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