The opening of an offer to lease land, in which Kollouthos son of Lakon, from the metropolis, proposes to rent from Sarapammon son of Ptolemaios 4 arouras of cleruchic land near the village of Theogonis for four years. The first and third years are to be sown with fodder grass rent-free; the terms for the other years are lost. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
To Sarapammon son of Ptolemaios,
from Kollouthos son of Lakon son of Herakleides, from the metropolis. I wish to lease from you for four years from the coming 21st year the 4 arouras of cleruchic land belonging to you near the village of Theogonis, called Kel[…], in one parcel; the first and third year of the lease for sowing grass for grazing, without rent; the second and fourth year for sowing […]
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The lease alternates years: fodder grass rent-free in years 1 and 3, presumably a rent-bearing crop in years 2 and 4. 'Kleros' denotes land originally allotted to military settlers (cleruchs).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Anfang eines Bodenpachtvertrages). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.