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Koine Greek

ἔτους δωδεκάτου Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ μηνὸς Ὑπερ[β]ερεταίου ἑπτακαιδεκάτηι Μεσωρὴι ι̣ ζ̣ ἐν Τεβτῦνι τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ἐμίσθωσ[α]ν Ἁρμάεις ὡς ἐτῶν τριάκοντα τεσσάρων οὐλ(ὴ) ἀντικνημίωι ἀριστερῶι καὶ Πατῦνις ὡς ἐτῶν εἴκοσι ἐ̣[νν]έ̣α̣ οὐλὴι ἀμφοτέρων Μαρε- ψήμιος καὶ Ἁρυώτης Σοκέος λεσ<ῶν>ις ὡς ἐτῶν τεσ[σ]αράκοντα τριῶν οὐλὴι < > τοῖς τρισὶ Πέρσες τῆς ἐπι- γονῆς ἀλλήλων ἔνγυοι εἰς ἔκτισιν Διδύμῳ νεωτέ- ρῳ Λυσιμάχωι ὡς̣ ἐ̣[τ]ῶν τριάκοντα οὐλὴι ἀντικ(νη)- μίω[ι] δεξιῶι μεμ[ισθ]ωκέναι αὐτῶι ἀφʼ ὧν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔχο̣υ̣σιν ἐμ μισθώ[σι] [ Ἡ]ρακλήου τοῦ Ἡρακλήου ἐπι[κ]αλουμένου [ ̣ ̣ [ ̣ ̣ ]δευτου γῆς ἀρούρας δεκα- οκτὼι ἐν δυσὶ σφρ[α]γῖσι εἰς χορταράκω̣ν σπορὰν [κατ]α̣βρώματος πρ[οβ]άτων, τοῦ Δι[δ]ύμου χορη- [γοῦντος] ἑ̣αυτῶ̣[ι σπ]έρματα, τῶν [δὲ] μεμισθω- μέ[νων] [τοὺς ποτιμσ]οὺς καὶ χωμ̣[ατισμοὺς ποιου-] μέ[νων, ὑπὲρ ὧν καὶ] ἀ̣π̣έσχηκαν ο̣ἱ̣ [μεμισθωκότες] παρ[ὰ τοῦ Διδύμου π]α̣ραχρῆμα δι[ὰ χειρὸς ἐξ] [οἴκου - ca.10 - ]ποχριων [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]

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Translation into English

In the twelfth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, in the month of Hyperberetaios, on the seventeenth day of Mesore, in Tebtunis, in the territory of Polemon, of the law of Arsinoe. The Armains rented as for thirty-four years, for the left ankle and Patunis as for twenty-nine years, for both Mare- psemios and Haryotis Sokeos, as for thirty-three years, for the three Persians of the descendants of each other for the construction of a new temple to Didymus, to Lysimachus, as for thirty years, for the right ankle, they have rented from which they also possess in rental. The land of the earth, eighteen acres, in two seals for the sowing of grass, of Didymus providing seeds for himself, and those who have been rented, for the watering and the cultivation, for which they have also been withheld by the renters from Didymus, immediately through the hand from the house.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

ἔτους δωδεκάτου Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ μηνὸς
Ὑπερ[β]ερεταίου ἑπτακαιδεκάτηι Μεσωρὴι
ι̣ ζ̣ ἐν Τεβτῦνι
τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ἐμίσ-
θωσ[α]ν Ἁρμάεις ὡς ἐτῶν τριάκοντα τεσσάρων οὐλ(ὴ)
ἀντικνημίωι ἀριστερῶι καὶ Πατῦνις ὡς ἐτῶν εἴκο-
σι ἐ̣[νν]έ̣α̣ οὐλὴι
ἀμφοτέρων Μαρε-
ψήμιος καὶ Ἁρυώτης Σοκέος λεσ<ῶν>ις ὡς ἐτῶν
τεσ[σ]αράκοντα τριῶν οὐλὴι τοῖς τρισὶ Πέρσες τῆς ἐπι-
γονῆς ἀλλήλων ἔνγυοι εἰς ἔκτισιν Διδύμῳ νεωτέ-
ρῳ Λυσιμάχωι ὡς̣ ἐ̣[τ]ῶν τριάκοντα οὐλὴι ἀντικ(νη)-
μίω[ι] δεξιῶι μεμ[ισθ]ωκέναι αὐτῶι ἀφʼ ὧν καὶ αὐτοὶ
ἔχο̣υ̣σιν ἐν μισθώ[σει] [Ἡ]ρακλήου τοῦ Ἡρακλήου
ἐπι[κ]αλουμένου [...]δευτου γῆς ἀρούρας δεκα-
οκτὼ ἐν δυσὶ σφρ[α]γῖσι εἰς χορταράκω̣ν σπορὰν
[κατ]α̣βρώματος πρ[οβ]άτων, τοῦ Δι[δ]ύμου χορη-
[γοῦντος] ἑ̣αυτῶ̣[ι σπ]έρματα, τῶν [δὲ] μεμισθω-
μέ[νων] [τοὺς ποτιμσ]οὺς καὶ χωμ̣[ατισμοὺς ποιου-]
μέ[νων, ὑπὲρ ὧν καὶ] ἀ̣π̣έσχηκαν ο̣ἱ̣ [μεμισθωκότες]
παρ[ὰ τοῦ Διδύμου π]α̣ραχρῆμα δι[ὰ χειρὸς ἐξ]
[οἴκου ...]ποχριων [...]

English Translation

In the twelfth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, on the seventeenth day of the month Hyperberetaios (Mesore), at Tebtynis in the Polemon division of the Arsinoite nome, Hermaeis, about thirty-four years old, with a scar on his left shin, and Patynis, about twenty-nine years old, with a scar, both sons of Marepsemis, and Haryotes son of Sokeos, about forty-three years old, with a scar, all three Persians of the epigone (descendants), mutually guaranteeing each other, leased to Didymos the younger, son of Lysimachos, about thirty years old, with a scar on his right shin, from the land which they themselves hold under lease from Herakleios son of Herakleios, called [...]deutes, eighteen arouras of land in two parcels for sowing fodder crops for sheep grazing, with Didymos himself providing the seeds, while the lessees undertake the irrigation and embankment works, for which the lessors have received immediate payment from Didymos through the hand of [...] from the house of [...]pochrion.