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Lease of cleruchic land near Herakleia TM 9854Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)20. Juli 126

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A three-year lease drawn up at Soknopaiou Nesos in the Arsinoite nome on 20 July 126, in which Pekysis son of Harpagathes leases 6 1/2 arouras of his cleruchic land near Herakleia to Stotoetis, a 'Persian of the epigone'. It sets out the rent in wheat, the lessee's duties of cultivation, irrigation and weeding, tax responsibilities, and return of the land at the end of the term.

In English machine translation

Epeiph 26, Soknopaiou Nesos […] […] to Pekysis. In the tenth year of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, month Gorpiaios 26, Epeiph 26, at Soknopaiou Nesos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Pekysis son of Harpagathes, aged about […]5, without distinguishing marks, acknowledges that he has leased to Stotoetis, Persian of the epigone, from the cleruchic (katoikic) allotment belonging to him near Herakleia of the Themistos division, […] 6 1/2 arouras in one parcel, or however many there may be, for 3 years from the coming eleventh year of Imperator Caesar Hadrianus Augustus, at a total rent for the aforesaid arouras, including the seed of 6 1/2 artabas of wheat which the lessee will receive, […] of 30 artabas, and to Stotoetis […] a quarter of wheat, and all […] to Stotoetis, that is […] in the month of Pauni […] free from deductions and risk […] to the lessee or his […] to abandon the lease of the 5th(?) year […] all the agricultural work and […] irrigations and weedings […] the lessee himself […] of the allotment, hay […] for the distribution of sheep or other […] the artaba-tax and public dues […] to the lessee […] nor naubion tax nor arithmetikon tax […] to Pekysis; and after the term the lessee shall hand over the allotment just as he received it, Pekysis having the right of execution against the lessee and against all his property, as if by a court judgement. [Subscription] of the writer for the lessee, Apollonios […] aged 60, with a scar on the left hand […] […] I have leased […] thirty […] of Stotoetis son of P[…] […] and on the […] […]

'Persian of the epigone' is a legal status label of uncertain practical meaning in Roman Egypt. The naubion and arithmetikon were land-related taxes; many clauses are lost in gaps.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 20. Juli 126 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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