Fragment of a lease of land, written from the point of view of one party, mentioning a chaff-store and appurtenances, a place associated with Arkadios, rent per aroura in gold carats, and irrigation using the writer's animals. It dates to the 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…] […] […] […]
[…] and chaff-store and all appurtenances and […]
[…] of the place (?) of Arkadios, for sowing and depositing (?) […]
[…] of rent for each aroura, gold carats […]
[…] to irrigate and to water by means of my animals […]
[…] except, but in winter and summer as is necessary […]
[…] and care and good maintenance […]
[…] from me, of the water supply of the […]
[verso]
Carats (keratia) were fractions of the gold solidus used as money of account. 'Topos of Arkadios' may be a place name or an estate rather than a person's property.
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.