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End of a lease of arable land for a half share of the crop TM 33696Arsinoites oder HerakleopolitesIV

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The end of a land lease from the 4th century AD, from the Arsinoite or Herakleopolite nome, in which the land is apparently leased for a half share of the crop, with all public taxes and levies to be borne by the landowner. It closes with the validity clause, the consular date formula, and a subscription written by Aurelius Isak on behalf of illiterate parties.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] the arouras […] necessarily […] for the half share […] all the public taxes and supplementary assessments and annonae and compulsory levies being the responsibility of you, the landowner. [The lease is] valid, and having been asked the formal question [I consented.] In the consulship stated above. […] I, Aurelius Isak, the aforementioned, [… to the] lease as stated above, which I also wrote for them since they do not [know letters].

Annonae were state levies in kind, chiefly for supplying the army. The subscription's wording suggests Aurelius Isak was one of the parties or wrote for illiterate co-parties.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · IV · Arsinoites oder Herakleopolites

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