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A letter from the notary Anastasios to Dioskoros of Aphrodito, testifying that the clergy of the church of Saint Mary freely made a counter-lease of land with a man named Paos, and that Anastasios himself stood as guarantor. He asks Dioskoros to see that Paos's rights to the land are protected.
A counter-lease (antimisthosis) was a lease back to the original lessor or an exchange-type lease arrangement, with no exact English equivalent. The beginning of the letter is lost, and the opening verb's sense of 'reward' is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lettre). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Letter addressed by the notary(?) Anastasios to Dioscoros, on the subject of an act of antimisthosis which the clerks of the church of St Mary have agreed with a certain Paos, and which Antastasios witnesses. Well preserved address, containing a correction. Belongs to the archiv…
[r] πληροφορήσῃ ὁ Θεὸς τὴν ὑμετέραν ἀδελφικὴν διάθεσιν. μαρτύρομαι εἰς τὸ μεταξὺ πρᾶγμα Πάωτι καὶ τοῖς κληρικοῖς τῆς ἁγίας Μαρίας, ὅτι οὐ κατʼ ἀνάγκην ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ τὴν ἀντιμίσθωσιν, καὶ οὐ μόνον ὅτι ἐποίησαν τὴν ἀντιμίσθωσιν· μετʼ ἐγγυητοῦ ἐγένετο τὸ σύμφωνον, καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἐγγ…
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