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Lease with annual gold rent by Aurelius Phoibammon son of Thonas TM 36864HermopolisVI

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End of a lease from Hermopolis in the 6th century AD, in which Aurelius Phoibammon son of Thonas agrees to pay an annual rent of 34 1/2 carats of gold each Mesore. It carries his subscription written for him by Severus Paulos because he was illiterate, two witness statements, and the notary Petros's completion note.

In English machine translation

[recto] [… lines lost …] I choose, at a rent for this per year of thirty-four and a half carats of gold, total 34 1/2 carats of gold; which gold rent I will pay in the month of Mesore each year without delay. The present lease is valid and binding, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. † I, Aurelius Phoibammon son of Thonas, the aforementioned, have taken the lease as stated above. † I, Severus Paulos from Hermopolis, having been asked, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. † † I, Aurelius Petros son of Abraamios from Hermopolis, witness the lease, having heard it from the party who made it. † † I, Phoibammon son of the late Taurinos from Hermopolis, witness the present lease, having been asked by the party who made it. † Through me, Petros, with God, notary … [verso] (Lease) of Phoibammon son of † Thonas from Hermopolis […] […]

The beginning, which named the lessor and described the leased property, is lost; the catalogue describes it as a lease of land. A carat (keration) was a fraction of the gold solidus, 1/24 of it.

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 · VI · Hermopolis

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