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An offer to lease land addressed to Hermophilos, royal scribe of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, by three villagers of Soknopaiou Nesos. They propose to lease 22, 10 and 18 arouras of shore land (aigialos) emerging from the water, asking exemption from freight charges and allowance for land left unflooded or submerged. Dated 18 January 185.
Aigialos was marginal lakeshore land around Lake Moeris, leased from the state as it emerged from the water; the rental terms per aroura are lost in line 8.
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.
Ἑρμοφίλῳ βασιλικῷ γραμματεῖ Ἀρσινοΐτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος παρὰ Παβοῦτος Στοτοήτιος μητρὸς Τώλιος, καὶ Πακύσιος νεωτέρου Ἀπύγχεως μητρὸς Τεκιάσιος, καὶ Στοτοήτιος Στοτοήτεως, τῶν τριῶν ἀπὸ κώμης Σοκνοπαίου. βουλόμεθα μισθώσασθαι ἀπὸ καλυφῆς αἰγιαλοῦ ὁ μὲν Παβοῦς ἐν τόπῳ Θιελκᾶις ἀ…
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