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Offer to lease 4 arouras and a water-machine near Syron TM 31559OxyrhynchitesIII

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An offer to lease land from the Oxyrhynchite nome, in which Aurelius Ko[…]es son of Ploutarchos asks Aurelius Demetrianus to lease him 4 arouras near the village of Syron, together with an irrigation machine and its equipment. The terms include a rent of 2,000 drachmas per aroura and payments in wheat, cheeses and other produce, as well as livestock supplied by the landowner. It dates to the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Demetrianus Plo[…] from Aurelius Ko[…]es son of Ploutarchos […] I wish to lease for a period of […] from the land belonging to you around the village of Syron […] of the remainder, 4 arouras, and the water-machine fitted out with all wooden equipment […] and iron fittings, you the lessor providing the […] and ropes and the other necessary things […] being each year the responsibility of the lessee […] to the landowner, and carrying off the […] the landowner to give to the lessee […] and ties […] thin ropes […] the necessary things, and from Pharmouthi 6 continuously […] for each aroura 2,000 drachmas […] the rents everywhere each year; and he shall give to the landowner […] to the landowner and 1 artaba of wheat […] the lessee (acknowledges) having received from the landowner […] and 1 calf and of hay-seed […] matia […] by the measure […] 3 1/2 artabas […] and acceptable to the landowner, and the seed […] the cow, each month 30 cheeses […] the landowner makes bricks at the plot […] the lessee […] […]

The 'mechane' is a water-lifting wheel (saqiya) used for irrigation. The right side of every line is lost, so the exact terms are uncertain.

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 of land). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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

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