Sharecropping lease of arouras with landowner supplying seed TM 37081ArsinoitesVI - VII

End of a land lease from the Arsinoite nome in the 6th or 7th century AD, in which a farmer takes arouras on a sharecropping basis: he does the cultivation and hay-binding, while the landowner provides animals and seed, which are deducted from the common harvest along with harvest wages and a customary due. Aurelius Elias signs for the illiterate farmer, and the notary Theognostos completes the document in Latin script.

In English machine translation

The final line is a Greek notarial completion formula (di' emou Theognostou eseme(i)othe) written in Latin letters. The 'common stock' (koinotes) refers to the jointly shared harvest from which expenses are deducted before division.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.