Fragment of an offer to lease farmland for three years, starting from the coming 3rd regnal year, at a fixed rent of 9 artabas of wheat for the whole holding. The prospective tenant promises to pay the rent in Pauni in the village, return the plot at the stubble stage, and do all the farm work. It dates to the 3rd century AD, probably from the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
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[…] for 3 years, 3 sowings, from the coming 3rd year, at a fixed rent for the whole of the arouras of 9 artabas of wheat […] and I will pay it to you in the month of Pauni in the village, by the measure […] of (?) […], and I will hand over the plot (kleros) clear down to the stubble, and I will carry out all the farming work […] as required, total each year […]
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The beginning, with the names of the parties and the size of the plot, is lost. 'Kleros' is an allotment of land, originally a settler's holding; the name of the measure used for the rent is damaged.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application for Lease). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.