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Loan of wheat in connection with a land lease at Hephaistias TM 2668Hephaistias (Arsinoites)24. Sept. 173 v.Chr.

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A fragmentary Ptolemaic contract from Hephaistias in the Arsinoite nome, dated 173 BC, in which Ptolemaios son of Hephaistion advances 18 artabas of wheat to a Thracian soldier of Kineas' unit, apparently linked to a lease of about 5 1/12 arouras of land. Clauses concern repayment, royal dues, and the lender's right to farm the land on default; witnesses include a Jewish guard.

In English machine translation

[In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, gods Epiphaneis, year 8, in the time of the] priest [Herakleodoros son of Apollophanes, of Alexander and the gods Soteres and the gods Adelphoi and the gods Euergetai and the gods Philopatores and the gods Epiphaneis and the gods Philometo]res; when the athlophoros of Be[renike Euergetis was Sarapias daughter of Apollon]ios, the kanephoros of Ar[sinoe Philadelphos was Aristokleia daughter of Demet]rios, the priestess of Arsinoe [Philopator was Eirene daughter of Ptolema]ios; in the month of Peritios, the [25th, Mesore 25], at Hephai[stias in the Arsinoite nome. Ptolemaios son of] Hephaist[ion …] lent […] to […]aios, Thracian, of the men of Kineas […] 18 artabas of wheat […], [and let so-and-so repay these] 18 artab[as of wheat …] [If …]aios is charged anything on behalf of Ptolemaios […] for the royal dues in the district for the 8th year, [let so-and-so deduct it …] […] the farmer of land of […] arouras […] […] Ptolemaios from P[…] […] to Ptolemaios […] [… from the] 8th year to the […] year […] [… the remaining] 8 artabas of [wheat …] [… it shall not be permitted] to him [to abandon] the lease […] [If he does not repay as is writ]ten, Ptolemaios shall be permitted, [if he wishes, to exact payment from him, or if he prefers, to farm in his stead] the same land […] of 5 1/12 [arouras …] […] Witnesses: Ptolemaios […], [Thracian], of the men of Kineas, of the se[cond hipparchy …] […]os, Jew, guard (phylakites) […] […]on, Spartakos son of Alex[ander …]

The record hesitates between a lease and a loan; the text seems to combine a wheat loan with lease terms. Much of the dating formula and clauses is restored from standard formulas.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Pachtvertrag? Darlehen?). 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 · 24. Sept. 173 v.Chr. · Hephaistias (Arsinoites)

βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Κλεοπάτρας θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν ἔτους ὀγδόου ἐφʼ ἱερέως Ἡρακλεοδώρου τοῦ Ἀπολλοφάνου Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Σωτήρων καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων καὶ θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλομητόρων ἀθλοφόρου Βερενίκης Εὐεργέτιδος Σαρ…