Fragmentary lease of a garden by Psenamounis from Diogenes in the Arsinoite nome, dated 29 November 209. The surviving end mentions payment in drachmas, a cow or its assessed value, the return of the garden in clean condition with its storehouse, and a subscription written for Psenamounis by Dioskoros.
In English machine translation
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that I pay the assessed value; and after the term I will hand over the garden to you clean, just as
I too received it, the storehouse inside the garden belonging to you, Diogenes, if it seems good
to lease to you, Diogenes, the claim against me concerning the garden resting (?) […].
I, Psenamounis, have leased as stated above. I, Dioskoros, wrote on his behalf.
Year 18 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax
and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, Augusti, ⟦and
Publius Septimius Geta⟧ Caesar Augustus, Choiak 3.
The name of Geta was later struck out in the dating formula, reflecting his damnatio memoriae after his murder in 211. The clauses about the storehouse and the claim are syntactically obscure in the Greek, so their translation is tentative.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lease of Garden). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.