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Offer to lease catoecic land near Kerkesephis TM 31010ArsinoitesIII

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An offer by Aurelius Syros, son of Heron, to lease from Aurelius Eudaimon alias Ammonios of Antinoopolis 4 1/4 arouras of catoecic land near Kerkesephis in the Arsinoite nome for two years. He offers 15 artabas of wheat a year plus 40 drachmas for green fodder, with the landowner paying the public taxes.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Eudaimon also called Ammonios, son of Ploution, citizen of Antinoopolis, from Aurelius Syros son of Heron, his mother being Tephrosas, as he states, from the metropolis. I wish to lease from you the 4 1/4 arouras of catoecic land belonging to you near the village of Kerkesephis, or however many there may be, in the place called Chena, for two years from the coming year 3, at a yearly rent of 15 artabas of wheat, including the 2 artabas of wheat that I shall receive for seed, and 40 silver drachmas for green fodder. I shall pay the rent in the month of Pauni at the threshing floor of the village, by the bronze measure of Aboutas, the measuring being done through one of your agents, and the fodder payment in the month of Phamenoth, all public charges being the responsibility of you the landowner, free of transport costs; and after the term I shall hand back the arouras clear of weeds as I received them, if you agree to lease. Year 2, Mesore 25. Syros, aged 60, scar on the left eyebrow.

Catoecic land was originally allotted to military settlers and later held as private property. The 'green fodder' (chlorophoros) payment is a money supplement to the grain rent.

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

bgu.4.1018

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

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