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Lease of arable land with rent in wheat and a piglet as gift TM 34023HermopolitesIV - VI

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Fragmentary end of a land lease from the Hermopolite nome, in which two men named Aurelius Phoibammon take arable land, paying a rent in wheat per aroura in Thoth and Phaophi jointly, plus a piglet as a gift. Aurelius Anouphis son of Horos signs for them because they are illiterate.

In English machine translation

[…] I choose (?); and as rent [for the whole] year for each aroura, from the [harvest] that shall appear, […] four […] for each aroura, by the just six-cubit rod […] each at four, by the measure (zygos) of Kirkas; total rent for each aroura [14 artabas of wheat and …, which] we shall pay jointly and severally in the months of Thoth and Phaophi [of the present] […] indiction, at the risk of us the guarantors and of our [property]. We shall also provide, by way of a gift, one fine piglet. [The lease is valid] and secure, and having been asked the formal question we have agreed. We, Aurelii Phoibammon [son of …, and] Phoibammon son of Tr[…]elios (?), the aforesaid, have leased [and we shall pay] at the appointed time as stated above. I, Aurelius Anouphis [son of Horos, wrote] on their behalf, as they do not know letters. [Through me, Anoup]his son of Horos, it was written. †

The rent amount is largely restored and uncertain. The 'zygos of Kirkas' appears to be a named local measure, and the 'gift' (doron) of a piglet is a customary extra payment in late antique leases.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Affitto di terreno). 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 - VI · Hermopolites

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