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Offer to sublease palm and olive trees near Boubastos TM 28298Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)II

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An offer to sublease scattered date palms and olive trees growing on public land farmed by Dioskoros near Boubastos, made by Esouris son of Panemieus of Soknopaiou Nesos. He offers a yearly rent of 20 silver drachmas plus 1 mation of Syrian dates, payable in Hathyr. It dates to the 2nd century AD, from the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

To Dioskoros […] from Esouris son of Panemieus, grandson of Apoutis, from Soknopaiou Nesos. I wish to lease from you the scattered date palms and olive trees … in the public land which you farm in the plain called Menepheibe near Boubastos, for the period for which the cultivation remains with you, starting from the coming crops of the present 10th year, and with the yearly fruits falling to me, at a total rent each year of 20 silver drachmas and, as special dues, 1 mation of Syrian dates; these I will pay each year in the month of Hathyr, year by year, and I will deliver them from the harvest. (2nd hand) Dioskoros […] […]

Written as an application (a lease offer) to the tenant of public land, who is subletting the trees. A mation is a small dry measure; 'Syrian' dates are a variety of date palm fruit.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application for Sub - lease of Palm and Olive Trees). 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 · II · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

Διοσκόρῳ […] παρὰ Ἐσούριος Πανεμίεος τοῦ Ἀπούτεος ἀπὸ Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου. βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ τοὺς ὄντας σποράδας φοίνικας καὶ ἐλάινα φυτὰ … ἐν ᾗ γεωργεῖς δημοσίᾳ γῇ ἐν πεδίῳ Μενεφείβης λεγομένῳ περὶ Βούβαστον ἐφʼ ὃν μενεῖ σοι ἡ γεωργία χρόνον ἀπὸ τῶν ἐσομένων καρπῶν τοῦ …