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Contract of six harvesters to reap wheat for Polydeukes TM 26151HermopolitesI - II

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A labour contract in which six harvesters from villages of the Hermopolite nome and from Hermopolis agree to reap 54 arouras of wheat belonging to Polydeukes son of Kastor at Thnephis, Bou and Ibion Tatkelmeos. They are to be paid half an artaba of wheat per aroura actually under crop, and will start when he orders. It dates to the 1st or 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

Harpaesis son of Phthonaris, of those from the village of Ibion Tatkelmeos, and Totoes son of Poleis, of those from Sesioi, and Inaros son of Panechotes, of those from Silamontha, and Theon son of Sarapion, Hermopolite, and Peoues son of Totoes and Sarapion son of Theon, Hermopolites, the six harvesters, to Polydeukes son of Kastor, greetings. We agree that we will present ourselves to reap the wheat crops you have in the village of Thnephis and Bou and in Ibion Tatkelmeos, 54 arouras, at a wage for each aroura that is found to be under crop of 1/2 artaba of wheat. We shall begin the harvest whenever we are ordered by you […]

The aroura is an Egyptian land measure of about 0.68 acre (0.275 ha); the artaba is a dry measure for grain. The end of the contract is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Locazione d’opera (mietitori)). 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 · I - II · Hermopolites

Ἁρπαῆσις Φθόναρος τῶν ἀπὸ κώμης Ἰβίωνος Τατκελμεως καὶ Τοθήους Πολεῖτος τῶν ἀπὸ Σεσιοὶ καὶ Ἰναρῶυς Πανεχώτου τῶν ἀπὸ Σιλαμόνθα καὶ Θέων Σαραπίωνος Ἑρμοπολίτης καὶ Πεουῆς Τοθήους καὶ Σαραπίων Θέωνος Ἑρμοπόλιται οἳ ἕξ θερισταὶ Πολυδεύκει Κάστορος χαίρειν. ὁμολογοῦμεν παρέξειν ἡμᾶς …