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Koine Greek

βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαί[ο]υ καὶ Βερε̣ν̣ί̣[κη]ς̣ θ̣ε̣ῶν Εὐεργετῶν ἔτους̣ ἑβδ̣όμου ἐφʼ ἱερέως Ἀγαθοκλέους τοῦ Ἀγα-[θοκλέους Ἀλεξ]ά̣νδρο̣υ καὶ̣ [θ]ε̣ῶν Ἀδελφῶν κ̣αὶ θεῶν Εὐεργε-[τῶν καὶ θεῶν] Φιλοπατό[ρ]ων [κα]ν̣ηφόρου Ἀρ̣σ̣ι̣νόης Φ̣ι̣λαδέ̣λ-[φου Φιλησοῦς τῆς] Δ̣ημ[η]τρί[ο]υ μη̣[νὸ]ς Περιτίου ἐν Θ[ώ]λθει [τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχί]του [νο]μοῦ̣ {μηνὸς Περιτίου ἐν Θ[ώ]λθει̣ τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ [Ὀξυρυγχίτου ν]ο̣μοῦ}. [ἐ]μ̣ίσθ̣ω̣[σ]εν Ἑρ̣μ̣ί̣α̣ς Μακεδὼν τριακ̣οντάρου-[ρος κληροῦχος τῶν ο]ὔ̣π̣[ω ὑφʼ] ἡ̣γ̣[ε]μόνα Σ̣τάχυι̣ Θ[ε]οκλέους Κορινθίο̣υ̣ [τῶν Φίλωνος καὶ] Παγ̣ῶτι Παναύτ̣ιος καὶ Παναῦτι Παγῶτος υ̣π̣α [  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]βοσκο̣ῖς τὸν ἑα̣υτοῦ κλῆρον ὅλον ἀσπε̣[ρμὶ ἀκίνδυ-] ν̣ο̣ν̣ ἐ̣κ̣φ̣[ορίου [ἐκάστ]ην ἄρουραν⟧ πυρῶν ἀρταβῶν ἑξή̣[κοντα εἰς ἐνια-] υ̣τ̣ὸ̣ν̣ [σπόρον καὶ] θ̣ερισμὸν ἕ̣ν̣α̣ · ἄρξε̣[ι] δὲ ὁ σπόρος [τῆς μισθώσεως] [ἐν τῶι ὀγδόωι ἔτει οὗ οἱ κα]ρ̣π̣ο̣ὶ̣ ἐς τὸ ἔνα̣τ̣[ο]ν ἔ̣τ̣ο̣ς̣· τὰ̣ δὲ [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] ̣  ̣ [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Latin

Apparatus

Translation into English

"During the reign of Ptolemy, son of Ptolemy, and Berenice, of the Benefactor Gods, in the year of the seventh, under the priest Agathocles, son of Agathocles of Alexandria, and of the Gods of the Brothers and the Benefactor Gods and the Gods of Philopator, of the bearer of the offerings of Arsinoe Philadelphus, of Philesus of Demetrius, in the month of Peritios, in Tholthe of the Oxyrhynchite nome, Hermias of Macedon, a thirty-year leaseholder of the property of the overseer Stachys, son of Theocles of Corinth, of the sons of Philon and Pagon, Panauctius and Panautis son of Pagon, shall pasture his entire property, all without risk, from the produce of each field, of wheat and barley, sixty into one seed and harvest one. The seed of the lease shall begin in the eighth year, when the fruits shall be to the one year; but the [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --"

Extracted Koine Greek Text

βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ Βερενίκης θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν ἔτους ἑβδόμου ἐφʼ ἱερέως Ἀγαθοκλέους τοῦ Ἀγαθοκλέους Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν καὶ θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν καὶ θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Φιλησοῦς τῆς Δημητρίου μηνὸς Περιτίου ἐν Θώλθει τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου νομοῦ. ἐμίσθωσεν Ἑρμίας Μακεδὼν τριακοντάρουρος κληροῦχος τῶν οὔπω ὑφʼ ἡγεμόνα Στάχυι Θεοκλέους Κορινθίου τῶν Φίλωνος καὶ Παγῶτι Παναύτιος καὶ Παναῦτι Παγῶτος ὑπα[...] βοσκοῖς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ κλῆρον ὅλον ἀσπερμὶ ἀκίνδυνον ἐκφορίου ἐκάστην ἄρουραν πυρῶν ἀρταβῶν ἑξήκοντα εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν σπόρον καὶ θερισμὸν ἕνα· ἄρξει δὲ ὁ σπόρος τῆς μισθώσεως ἐν τῶι ὀγδόωι ἔτει οὗ οἱ καρποὶ ἐς τὸ ἔνατον ἔτος.

English Translation

In the reign of Ptolemy, son of Ptolemy and Berenice, the Benefactor Gods, in the seventh year, during the priesthood of Agathocles, son of Agathocles, descendant of Alexander, and of the Sibling Gods, the Benefactor Gods, and the Philopator Gods, when Arsinoe Philadelphus, daughter of Philēsous, daughter of Demetrius, was basket-bearer, in the month Peritios, at Tholthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome: Hermias, a Macedonian holder of a thirty-aroura allotment among those not yet under a governor, leased his entire allotment, without seed and without risk, to Stachys, son of Theocles, a Corinthian of the division of Philon, and to Pagōtis, son of Panautis, and Panautis, son of Pagōtis, shepherds (or possibly goose-herders), at a rent of sixty artabas of wheat per aroura per year, for one sowing and one harvest. The sowing of the lease will begin in the eighth year, with the crops harvested in the ninth year.