Fragment of a land lease with rent in vegetable seed and wheat TM 25459Selilais (Hermopolites)I - II

Fragment of a land lease from Selilais in the Hermopolite nome, dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The surviving part sets the rent at 3 artabas of vegetable seed per aroura in one year and 9 1/2 artabas of wheat per aroura in the third year, to be delivered to the lessor's house at Selilais, plus an annual money payment of 4 drachmas.

In English machine translation

The lease appears to alternate crops by year, with rent in vegetable (oil) seed measured by the oil-makers' measure and wheat by the Athenian measure. The word rendered 'lease-fee' (misthotikon) is partly restored.

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.