Fragment of a lease of two arouras of arable land, in which Anoup and at least one other lessee jointly undertake to cultivate the plot and pay an annual rent in gold solidi regardless of the Nile flood. The land borders a public road, plots of Sarammon and Anoup's own property; it comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome, 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
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[…] of lease from the property belonging to the same […]
[…] of this […]
[…] of the eastern place […] of arable land, arouras […]
subject to private dues; the neighbours of these: on the south a public road, on the north plots of Sarammon from our […], on the west the private property of me, the aforementioned Anoup, for the sowing of whatever crops we choose
[and I shall pay as rent for] these each year, whether the land is flooded by the Nile or unflooded, gold solidi
[…] rent, free of every risk whatsoever, we shall pay on mutual security […] to make the postponement of the naubia, and it shall not be permitted to us towards you
[…] to withdraw from the cultivation and lease of the same two arouras. But if […]
[…] of the rents of the same twelve years, and when the term has been completed […] the possession of the two arouras intact, undamaged, unmolested, and I shall hand over […] of this lease all our property, present and future, specifically
[and generally] […] The lease, written in two copies, is valid, and having been asked the formal question we have agreed. We, Aurelii […]
[…] have made this lease on mutual security
[…] for a ten-year (?) term, and everything written in it is agreed by us
[…]
The text speaks of a term of twelve years in one place and a ten-year term in the subscription. Naubia were dyke-work obligations measured in volume of earth.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of 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.