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Lease of a cleruch's allotment to herdsmen at Tholthis TM 2792Tholthis (Oxyrhynchites)216 - 215 v.Chr.

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Fragment of a lease in which Hermias, a Macedonian cleruch holding 30 arouras, leases his whole allotment for one year to a Corinthian, Stachys son of Theokles, and two Egyptian herdsmen, for a rent of 60 artabas of wheat. It was drawn up at Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome in year 7 of Ptolemy IV Philopator.

In English machine translation

In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Berenike, the Benefactor Gods, in the seventh year, when Agathokles son of Agathokles was priest of Alexander and of the Sibling Gods and of the Benefactor Gods and of the Father-loving Gods, and Philesia (?) daughter of Demetrios was basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos, in the month of Peritios, at Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome. {in the month of Peritios at Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome.} Hermias, Macedonian, 30-aroura cleruch of those not yet under a commander, has leased to Stachys son of Theokles, Corinthian, of the troop of Philon, and to Pagos son of Panautis and Panautis son of Pagos, […] herdsmen, his own entire allotment, free of seed advances and of risk, at a rent of ⟦for each aroura⟧ 60 artabas of wheat, for one year, one sowing and one harvest. The sowing of the lease shall begin in the eighth year, whose crops belong to the ninth year. The […] […] [… lines lost …]

The scribe repeated the month and place phrase by mistake, and also deleted the words 'for each aroura', so the 60 artabas is a total rent for the whole allotment. The name of the basket-bearer is restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment eines Pachtvertrags aus dem 7. Jahr des Philopator 216/5 a. Chr.). 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 · 216 - 215 v.Chr. · Tholthis (Oxyrhynchites)

βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Βερενίκης θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν ἔτους ἑβδόμου ἐφʼ ἱερέως Ἀγαθοκλέους τοῦ Ἀγαθοκλέους Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Φιλησοῦς τῆς Δημητρίου μηνὸς Περιτίου ἐν Θώλθει τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτ…