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Fragment of a land lease from the Hermopolite nome in which a farmer agrees to pay a yearly gold rent for 2 arouras in two instalments, in Phaophi and Phamenoth. By custom he will also give a large jar of wine and a platter of various foods at the feast of Thynis. The verso docket names the lessee as a farmer, son of someone called […]apion.
The carat (keration) was a fraction of the gold solidus, 1/24 of it, so rents were often expressed as solidi 'less' some carats. The feast of Thynis is a local festival, and gifts made at it were customary extras added to a lessee's rent.
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.
[r] […] καρπῶν ὧν ἂν αἱρῶμαι φόρου τῶν αὐτῶν δύο ἀρουρῶν κατʼ ἔτος χρυσοῦ νομισματίου ἑνὸς ἡμίσους παρὰ κεράτια ἐννέα ζυγῷ Ἑρμουπόλεως γίνεται χρυσοῦ νομισμάτιον α 𐅵 παρὰ κεράτια θ ὅνπερ χρυσικὸν φόρον ἀποδώσω σοι οὕτως· ἓν μὲν νόμισμα παρὰ κεράτια ἓξ ἐν τῷ Φαῶφι μηνὶ κατʼ ἔτος, …
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