Extracted Text

Koine Greek

Λουκίῳ Λογγείν̣ῳ̣ Φρ[όν]τωνι
διὰ φροντιστοῦ
(*)
Λογγείνου Ἀπέλλα
παρὰ Λουκίου Οὐεττ[ί]ου Ὀ̣[ ]τε̣α̣ρ̣( )
βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι̣ παρὰ σοῦ̣
τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν̣ τῷ Φρόντωνι̣
περὶ Φιλαδέλφειαν γῆς ἄρουρ̣αν̣
μίαν ἥμισυ ἐν ᾗ φοίνικες
σποράδεις οὖσαν κοινὴν
(*)
καὶ ἀδι-
αίρετον ἀπὸ ἀρουρῶν τριῶν
εἰς ἔτη τέσσαρα , καρποὺς τέσ-
σαρες
(*)
, σπόρους τέσσαρες
(*)
, τοὺς
μὲν φοίνικες
(*)
ἀπὸ τῶν
(*)
ἐπι-
κειμένων τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος
γ
(ἔτους) Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ [κ]υ̣ρ̣ίου̣
ἐκπειπτόντων
(*)
εἰς τὰ
δ̣
ἔτη καρπῶν, τὸ δὲ ἔδαφος
ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰσιόντος
δ
(ἔτους), φόρου τοῦ
τε ἐδάφους καὶ φοινείκων
(*)
κα̣[τʼ ἔ-]
τος ἀργυρίου δραχμῶν ἑκατ[ὸν]
εἴκοσι ἀνυπολόγων καὶ ἀκιν-
δύνων, τῶν ἔργων γ[ινομένων]
πρὸς ἐμὲ τὸν μεμισθω̣[μένον],
καὶ τὸν [προκ]είμενον φόρον
ἀποδώσ[ω] μ[
̣]
̣
π̣ο̣ν̣ [
̣ ]
τ̣οισχ̣( )
[
̣
̣
̣]
δραχμὰς τεσσαράκοντα ,
τὰς δ[ὲ λοι]πὰς δ̣ρ[α]χ[μ]ὰ̣ς
ὀγδοήκοντα μηνὶ [
̣
̣
̣]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
μετὰ τὸν χρόνον παραδώ-
σω ἀπὸ συνκομιδῆ̣ς, ἐὰν
φαίνεται
(*)
μισθῶσαι. (hand 2) Λούκιος
Λογγεῖνος διʼ Ἀπ̣[έλλα] μ̣ε̣μίσ-
θωκ̣[α] ἐ̣π̣ὶ τοῖς προκειμέ-
νοις πᾶσι καθὼς πρόκειται.
ἔτους τρίτου Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ
κυρίου Μεσορὴ
λ

Latin

(hand 2) Lúcius Loggēinus diē Apēllā mēmī-
thōka epī toīs prokeimé-
noīs pāsi kathōs prokeīte.

Translation into English

To Lucius Loggēinus, Frōntōn
through the steward
(*)
of Loggēinus Apēllus
from Lucius Uettius O[ ]tear( )
I wish to lease from you
the property belonging to Frōntōn
regarding the land of Philadelphia, a field
of one and a half in which there are scattered date palms
(*)
and undivided from three fields
for four years, four harvests
(*)
, four seeds
(*)
, the date palms
(*)
from the
(*)
existing in the current
year of the Emperor Hadrian, the Lord
falling into the
d
years of harvests, but the land
from the coming
d
(year), tax of
both the land and date palms
(*)
at the rate of
one hundred silver drachmas
twenty unaccounted and safe, of the works being done
for me, the lessee,
and the tax that is to be paid
I will pay m[
̣]
̣
p̣ọṇ [
̣ ]
to the tax
[
̣
̣
̣]
forty drachmas,
and the remaining drachmas
eighty in the month [
̣
̣
̣]
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
after the time I will deliver from the harvest, if
it seems
(*)
to lease. (hand 2) Lucius
Loggēinus through Apēllus I have leased
according to the aforementioned terms as it is stated.
In the third year of Hadrian the
Lord Mesorē
l

Extracted Koine Greek Text

Λουκίῳ Λογγείνῳ Φρ[όν]τωνι
διὰ φροντιστοῦ
Λογγείνου Ἀπέλλα
παρὰ Λουκίου Οὐεττ[ί]ου Ὀ̣[ - - - ]τε̣α̣ρ̣( )
βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ
τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν τῷ Φρόντωνι
περὶ Φιλαδέλφειαν γῆς ἄρουραν
μίαν ἥμισυ ἐν ᾗ φοίνικες
σποράδεις οὖσαν κοινὴν καὶ ἀδι-
αίρετον ἀπὸ ἀρουρῶν τριῶν
εἰς ἔτη τέσσαρα, καρποὺς τέσ-
σαρες, σπόρους τέσσαρες, τοὺς
μὲν φοίνικες ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπι-
κειμένων τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος γ (ἔτους) Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
ἐκπειπτόντων εἰς τὰ δ ἔτη καρπῶν, τὸ δὲ ἔδαφος
ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰσιόντος δ (ἔτους), φόρου τοῦ
τε ἐδάφους καὶ φοινίκων κατʼ ἔ-
τος ἀργυρίου δραχμῶν ἑκατ[ὸν]
εἴκοσι ἀνυπολόγων καὶ ἀκιν-
δύνων, τῶν ἔργων γ[ινομένων]
πρὸς ἐμὲ τὸν μεμισθω[μένον],
καὶ τὸν [προκ]είμενον φόρον
ἀποδώσω μ[ - - - ]
δραχμὰς τεσσαράκοντα,
τὰς δ[ὲ λοι]πὰς δ̣ρ[α]χ[μ]ὰ̣ς
ὀγδοήκοντα μηνὶ [ - - - ]
μετὰ τὸν χρόνον παραδώ-
σω ἀπὸ συνκομιδῆς, ἐὰν
φαίνηται μισθῶσαι.
(hand 2) Λούκιος Λογγεῖνος διʼ Ἀπ̣[έλλα] μ̣ε̣μίσ-
θωκ̣[α] ἐ̣π̣ὶ τοῖς προκειμέ-
νοις πᾶσι καθὼς πρόκειται.
ἔτους τρίτου Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου Μεσορὴ λ.

English Translation

To Lucius Longinus Fronto,
through the caretaker Longinus Apellas,
from Lucius Vettius O[ - - - ]tear( ),
I wish to lease from you
the one and a half aroura of land belonging to Fronto
near Philadelphia, in which there are scattered palm trees,
being held in common and undivided from three arouras,
for four years, four harvests, four sowings,
the palm trees from those existing at the present third year of the lord Hadrian Caesar,
with the produce of the palms falling due for the four years,
and the land itself from the coming fourth year,
at an annual rent for the land and palms
of one hundred twenty silver drachmas, without deduction and without risk,
with the work being done by me, the lessee,
and I will pay the aforementioned rent [ - - - ]
forty drachmas, and the remaining eighty drachmas
in the month [ - - - ] after the time of harvest,
if it seems good to lease.
(Second hand) I, Lucius Longinus, through Apellas, have leased
according to all the aforementioned conditions as stated.
Year three of the lord Hadrian, Mesore 30.