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[r] [… 25 lines lost …] Διονύσιος Κεφαλᾶτος μεμίσθωμαι καὶ ποιήσω κατὰ … ἔτους ι Ἁθὺρ κθ ἐν Τήνει τοῦ Μωχίτου· ἀναγέγραπται διὰ Πτολεμαίου [v] [… 12 lines lost …] συγγραφὴ μισθώσεως Διονυσίου
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 3087
Lease of cows by Dionysios son of Kephalas TM 3087Tenis (Hermopolites)16. Dez. 108 v.Chr.
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End of a lease contract in which Dionysios son of Kephalas acknowledges taking something on lease, apparently cows according to the catalogue title. It was drawn up at Tenis in the Hermopolite nome in December 108 BC and registered through a certain Ptolemaios.
In English machine translation
[recto]
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I, Dionysios son of Kephalas, have taken on lease and will act in accordance with …
Year 10, Hathyr 29, at Tenis in the Mochites (toparchy). Registered through Ptolemaios.
[verso]
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Contract of lease of Dionysios
The body of the contract is lost; only the lessee's subscription, the registration note and the docket on the back survive. The identification of the leased object as cows comes from the catalogue title, not the surviving text.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Louage de vaches). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.