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Lease of 5 1/2 arouras of land with crop rotation TM 28881Tebtynis (Arsinoites)II

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Fragment of a lease of 5 1/2 arouras of land in a single parcel, with a crop rotation of wheat in the first and third years and fodder crops in the second and fourth. The rent in wheat includes return of seed supplied by the lessor. From Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome, 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] in one parcel in the place called [...] 5 1/2 arouras or [however many they may be, adjoining ...] on the south side [...] and on the north and east [sides ...] [of Geminus (?)]; the first and third [year of the lease] for sowing with wheat, the rent for the [two years, each year], together with the seed [wheat] which you will supply to us, [5 1/2 artabas], of wheat in all [...] artabas [...] 1/2 and donkey-transport charge (?) [...] [...] all by the four-choinix measure [...] [...]; and the second and [fourth year for sowing] [with hay] as fodder for cattle [and for pasturage (?)], [the rent for the] two years each year [...] [...]

The lessees ask the lessor to supply the seed, which is added to the rent. The 'donkey-transport' charge (onelatikon) was a fee for carrying the grain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Affitto di terreno). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.mil.vogl.6.293

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

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