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Opening of a lease contract in which the lessees acknowledge renting, for an open-ended term beginning Mesore 14 of a third indiction, a two-thirds share of a building called a maulisterion with its well and enclosure in Hermopolis. The verso docket names Aurelius Psakas son of Kollouthos.
The term maulisterion is rare and its exact meaning is uncertain; it is usually taken as a kind of lodging or brokerage house. The lease runs for as long as the lessees wish to hold it rather than a fixed term.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lease. House property). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] [… 1 line lost …] ὁμολογοῦμεν ἑκουσίως καὶ αὐθαιρέτως μεμισθῶσθαι παρὰ σοῦ ἐφʼ ὃν ἐὰν διακατέχομεν χρόνον λογιζόμενον ἀπὸ τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας ἥτις ἐστὶν Μεσορὴ τεσσερασκαιδεκάτη τῆς παρούσης τρίτης ἰνδικτίονος τὸ ὑπάρχον σοι δίμοιρον μέρος ἀπὸ ὁλοκλήρου μαυλιστηρίου οἵας ἐστὶν…
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