The closing section of a lease contract from the Hermopolite nome, AD 5th-6th century. Two illiterate lessees, Aurelius Pkylis and Aurelius Athanasios, confirm the lease through a scribe, Ioannes son of Ammonios, and two witnesses from Hermopolis attest it; the notary Ioannes signs at the end.
In English machine translation
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[… lines lost …]
[…] lessee […]
[…] secure, and having been asked the formal question we have agreed. We, Aurelius Pkylis son of Soios
and Aurelius Athanasios son of P[…], the aforesaid, have made this lease as stated above.
I, Aurelius Ioannes son of Ammonios, from Hermopolis, having been asked, wrote on their behalf, since they do not know letters.
[…] from Hermopolis, I witness the lease, having heard it from
the parties who made it. I, Herodes son of Phibammon, from Hermopolis, witness the lease, having heard it
from the parties who made it.
Written through me, Ioannes […]
[…]
This is the first of two lease endings on the same sheet; only the subscriptions survive, so the leased property and terms are lost. The final notarial line is largely illegible.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Schlüsse zweier Pachtverträge). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.