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Receipt recording that Valerius Macrinus, through his agent Theon son of Theon, paid 140 drachmas of rent for an oil-press and olive groves at Karanis to Nemesas son of Menandros, an official of the Antonian imperial estate. It dates to the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Mecheir 23.
"Dirty" (rhypara) drachmas refers to debased or bronze coinage as opposed to silver. The numeral 49 after Karanis is of uncertain meaning, and Nemesas's title (perhaps a lessee or administrator) is damaged.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Rent). 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] ἔτους[…] Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτοῦ Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς, Μεχεὶρ κγ εἰς ἀρίθμησιν Μεχεὶρ. κατέβαλεν Οὐαλέριος Μακρῖνος διὰ Θέωνος Θέωνος φόρου ἐλαιουργείου καὶ ἐλαιώνων Καρανίδος μθ Νεμεσᾷ Μενάνδρου […]…ατορι Ἀντωνιανῆς οὐσίας ῥυπαρὰς δραχμὰς ἕκατον τε…
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