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Lease of several parcels of land with rent in wheat, barley and money TM 28786ArsinoitesII

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Fragmentary offer or contract for the lease of several parcels of land in the Arsinoite nome, with rents varying by year in wheat, barley and money. The lessees promise to do all farm work, sow any crop except safflower, pay rent in Pauni at the threshing floor, and give a bird as a customary gift.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] including which we shall receive 3 artabas of wheat, of wheat […] […] in the 1st and 3rd year likewise, including which we shall receive […] artabas of wheat […] of 39 artabas of wheat, and in the second [and fourth year] of the lease (?) […] annually […]ty-six [silver drachmas], and for the other 3 arouras likewise also [in the 1st and 3rd year of the] lease, including which we shall receive 3 artabas of barley, […] 36 artabas of barley, and in the second year [and fourth year of the] lease […] annually […]ty-six silver drachmas, and for the 2 1/2 arouras likewise in the 1st year and 2nd year [of the lease, including] which we shall receive of seed […] measures of wheat […] 6 measures of barley, 5 artabas of wheat and […] artabas of barley […] 20 drachmas, and in the third year only […] year likewise as rent, including which we shall receive [of seed] 1 1/5 artabas [of wheat] and [1] artaba of barley […] 10 artabas [of wheat], 12 artabas of barley, all free from deductions and risks, and we shall carry out all the annual work [that is proper at our own expense] at the right times, doing no damage, [sowing with whatever] crops we choose except safflower; and [we shall pay the annual rent] in the month of Pauni at the threshing floor by the measure of Didymos […] as a festal gift a bird worth 4 drachmas […] and after the term we shall hand over […] of sheep (?) […] […] if it seems good to lease […] […] on the left hand […]nis son of Psenesis […] of the lord

The repeated unclear word (written aestinkleroforos) seems to describe land in the even years paid in money rather than kind; the exact sense is uncertain. The 'festal gift' (thallos) was a customary small extra payment to the landowner.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lease of Land). 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 · Arsinoites

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