Fragment of a lease of a palm grove or orchard TM 29039Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesII - III

Fragment of a lease, probably of an orchard or palm grove, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome in the 2nd to 3rd century AD. It mentions payments in drachmas, loaves and baskets, the yearly guarding of the crops, village and transport charges, an annual delivery of dates, and the lessee's promise to return the land clear of rushes, reeds and weeds at the end of the term.

In English machine translation

The clause about returning the land free of rushes, reeds and couch-grass is a standard lease formula. The term translated 'repayment' (anapodosis) is uncertain in this broken context.

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.