One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28198
Public notice inviting offers to lease royal and sacred land TM 28198ArsinoitesII
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A public notice inviting bids for the lease of parcels of royal and sacred land in several villages of the Arsinoite nome, including Patsontis, Ptolemais and Kerkesoucha. Interested parties are told to present their offers to the responsible officials. It dates to the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
Those who wish to lease
from the 77th cleruchy (?) (the land) of Imouthes at Phasis (?),
at Patsontis, royal (land) in the place called Petsenosis, 9 arouras, and
at Ptolemais, sacred (land), out of 7 arouras, 5 arouras,
likewise royal (land), 5 arouras, and
at Kerkesoucha, additional (?) (land), 5 arouras, together with 6 arouras,
let them come forward to those in charge of these matters,
submitting an offer.
Several readings are uncertain, notably the cleruchy number and the abbreviation 'prosch' (perhaps land 'in addition' or 'added'). Such land was offered by public auction, with the official accepting the best bid (hairesis).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
chrest.wilck.342
οἱ βουλόμενοι μισθώσασθαι ἐκ τῆς οζ κληρουχίας Ἰμούθου Φασει Πατσόντεως βασιλικῆς ἐν τόπῳ Πετσενώσει λεγομένῳ ἀρούρας θ καὶ Πτολεμαΐδος ἱερᾶς ἀπὸ ἀρουρῶν ζ ἀρούρας ε ὁμοίως βασιλικῆς ἀρούρας ε καὶ Κερκεσούχων προσχ ἀρούρας ε σὺν ϛ ἀρούραις προσερχέσθωσαν τοῖς πρὸς τούτοις αἵρεσιν…