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Fragmentary acknowledgement from the Arsinoite nome, dated Mecheir of year 2 of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus (AD 162). A son of Heron from the metropolis, registered in the Hierakion quarter, acknowledges a transaction involving 400 drachmas, half the rent connected with a lease of a reed-bed, with payment or performance due in Kaisareios of that year.
Kalamion denotes land planted with reeds, harvested for building and basketry. The exact nature of the obligation is unclear because the key verbs are lost.
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.
ἔτους δευτέρου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνείνου Σεβαστοῦ καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Λουκίου Αὐρηλίου Οὐήρου Σεβαστοῦ μηνὸς Μεχεὶρ […] […] ἐκ κώμης Ἀφροδίτης πόλεως τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ […] Ἥρωνος τοῦ Χαιρᾶ ἀπὸ τῆς μητροπόλεως ἀναγρ…
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