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A lease contract in which Aurelia Rebekka, daughter of Phoibammon, of Hermopolis, rents an entire house from the most illustrious Aurelius Menas, son of the late Magister, for an open-ended term starting 5 Pauni of the seventh indiction. The rent, in gold carats, is noted on the back but its amount is lost.
The date rests on the seventh indiction, so the year is uncertain. The lease runs 'for as long as I occupy it', a common open-ended term in Byzantine house leases.
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 casa). 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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