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Lease of 5 2/3 arouras near Posombous to three brothers TM 31790Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Ägypten)III

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Beginning of a lease in which Aurelius Theon alias Epimachos of Oxyrhynchus leases 5 2/3 arouras of land near Posombous to three brothers from the village of Phoboou for four years. The brothers had already been farming the land; the rent and remaining terms are lost.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Theon also called Epimachos, son of Diogenes, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, has leased to Aurelii Thonis and Epimachos and Ploutos, all three sons of Anesouris, their mother being Ammonous, from the village of Phoboou, for four years from the present year 3, the 5 2/3 arouras belonging to him near Posombous of Aristomachos, previously farmed by the same lessees, [at a rent] each year […] […] […] [… lines lost …]

The document is drawn up in the objective form ('X has leased to Y'). The figure 5 2/3 arouras rests partly on restoration.'Posombous of Aristomachos' names a local area or estate.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as 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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p.oxy.14.1688

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

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