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ἐμίσθωσεν Φαν[ί]ας Σαρα̣[πίωνος τοῦ] Φανίου ἀρχιερατεύσας το̣[ῦ ἐν Ὀξυρύγ-] χων πόλει Ἁδρ̣ιανείου διὰ Σ[αραπίωνος] υ (*) ἱοῦ Σαραπίωνι Σαραπίων[ος Σωσικοσ-] μείῳ τῷ καὶ Ἀλθαιεῖ εἰς ἔτη τ̣[έσσαρα ἀπὸ] τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος τεσσαρα̣[σκαιδεκάτου] (*) ἔτους τὸ κατ’ αὐτὸν ἥ̣μ̣ισ̣υ̣ μ̣[έρος - ca.7 -] γ̣ῆς κα̣ὶ̣ (*) β̣ασιλικῆς̣ περὶ [τὸ Ἰσεῖον Παγγᾶ] ἐκ τοῦ Θεοφίλο̣υ καὶ Ἡ̣ρ̣α̣[κλείδου κλή-] ρου ἀρουρῶν εἴκοσι, αἵ εἰσιν̣ [ - ca.10 - ] μέρους ἄρουραι δέκα, ὥστε̣ [τῷ μὲν] τεσ- σαρασκαιδεκάτῳ (*) καὶ ἐκκα̣ι̣[δεκάτῳ] ἔτεσι σπεῖραι πυρῷ, ἀποτάκ̣[του κατʼ ἔ-] τος πυροῦ ἀρταβῶν τριά[κοντα ἡμί-] σους, τῷ δὲ πεντεκαιδ[εκάτῳ καὶ ἑπτα-] καιδεκάτῳ ἔτε̣σι ξυλα[μῆσαι χλω-] ρο̣ῖ̣ς ἀπ[ο]τ̣άκτου κ̣[α]τ̣’ ἔ̣το[ς ἀργυρίου δρα-] χμῶν διακοσίων, ἀκιν[δύνων πάντων] παντὸς κινδύνου, τῆς [ - ca.8 - ] ώς τῶν ἀρουρῶν οὔσης [πρὸς τὸν με-] μισθωμένον. ἐὰν δέ τις̣ ἄ̣[βροχος γέ-]νηται, παραδεχθήσεται τ̣[ῷ μεμισθω-] μένῳ, τῶν τῆς γῆς κα[τ’ ἔτος δη-] μοσίων ὄντων πρὸ̣ς̣ τ̣[ὸ]ν̣ Φ̣[ανίαν, ὃν καὶ] 25 κυριεύειν τῶν καρπῶ[ν ἕως ἂν τὰ ὀφει-] λό̣μενα κ̣ο̣μίσηται (*) . β̣[εβαιουμένης] δὲ τῆς μισθώσεως τ̣[ῆς ἐν πυρῷ] διετίας πυρὸν μετρείτ[ω ὁ μεμισ-] θωμένος εἰς δημόσιον̣ [θησαυρὸν] 30 τ̣α̣ῖς ἑαυτοῦ δαπάναις κ̣[αὶ θέμα] καθαρὸν ἀπὸ πάντων [ἀναδότω] τῷ μεμισθωκότι ὑ (*) πὸ τ̣[ὴν πρώτην] μέτρησιν, τὸν δὲ ̣ ̣ ̣ σ̣α[ - ca.6 -] ἀρ-] γυρικὸν φόρον ἀποδότ[ω ὁ μεμισθωμένος (?)] 35 χωρὶς ὑ (*) περθέσεως. καὶ ἡ̣ [πρᾶξις ἔσ-]τω ἔκ τε αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐ[κ τῶν ὑπαρ-] χόντων αὐτῷ πάντ[ων. κυρία ἡ μίσ-] θωσις. (ἔτους) ιδ Αὐτοκράτο[ρος Καίσα-] [ρος Μ]ά̣[ρκου] Α̣ὐρηλίου Ἀντ[ωνίνου] 40 [Σεβαστ]ο̣ῦ Ἀρμενιακο[ῦ Μηδικοῦ] [Παρθικοῦ] Γ̣ε[ρ]μανικοῦ̣ [μεγίστου] [ - ca.7 - ] Φ̣ανίας Σα̣[ραπίω-] [νος τοῦ Φ]α̣νίου διὰ Σ[αραπίω-] [νος υἱοῦ ] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]

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Phanias son of Sarapion has leased from Phanius, having served as high priest in the city of Oxyrynchus of Hadrian, through Sarapion, for four years from the current year, the fourteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, the land and the royal land concerning the Ision of Pangaea, from the Theophilus and Heracleides, twenty arouras, which are ten arouras of the leased land. Thus, in the fourteenth and fifteenth years, he shall sow with fire, paying thirty half-artabas of wheat per year, and in the sixteenth and seventeenth years, he shall harvest with green wood, paying two hundred silver drachmas per year, free from all danger, concerning the arouras leased. If anyone becomes unfit, he shall be accepted by the lessee, concerning the public lands of the land per year, towards Phanias, who shall have the right to the fruits until the debts are settled. The lease shall be confirmed for the two years in fire, the lessee shall measure into the public treasury at his own expense and shall be free from all deductions to the lessee from the first measurement, and the lessee shall pay the silver tax without any deductions. And the transaction shall be valid from him and from all that belongs to him. The lease is valid. (Year) 14 of the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, the Most Honorable, of the Armenian, Median, Parthian, and Germanic.

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ἐμίσθωσεν Φαν[ί]ας Σαρα̣[πίωνος τοῦ] Φανίου ἀρχιερατεύσας το̣[ῦ ἐν Ὀξυρύγ-]χων πόλει Ἁδρ̣ιανείου διὰ Σ[αραπίωνος] υἱοῦ Σαραπίωνι Σαραπίων[ος Σωσικοσ-]μείῳ τῷ καὶ Ἀλθαιεῖ εἰς ἔτη τ̣[έσσαρα ἀπὸ] τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος τεσσαρα̣[σκαιδεκάτου] ἔτους τὸ κατ’ αὐτὸν ἥ̣μ̣ισ̣υ̣ μ̣[έρος ...] γ̣ῆς κα̣ὶ̣ βασιλικῆς̣ περὶ [τὸ Ἰσεῖον Παγγᾶ] ἐκ τοῦ Θεοφίλο̣υ καὶ Ἡ̣ρ̣α̣[κλείδου κλή-]ρου ἀρουρῶν εἴκοσι, αἵ εἰσιν̣ [...] μέρους ἄρουραι δέκα, ὥστε̣ [τῷ μὲν] τεσσαρασκαιδεκάτῳ καὶ ἐκκα̣ι̣[δεκάτῳ] ἔτεσι σπεῖραι πυρῷ, ἀποτάκ̣[του κατʼ ἔ-]τος πυροῦ ἀρταβῶν τριά[κοντα ἡμί-]σους, τῷ δὲ πεντεκαιδ[εκάτῳ καὶ ἑπτα-]καιδεκάτῳ ἔτε̣σι ξυλα[μῆσαι χλω-]ρο̣ῖ̣ς ἀπ[ο]τ̣άκτου κ̣[α]τ̣’ ἔ̣το[ς ἀργυρίου δρα-]χμῶν διακοσίων, ἀκιν[δύνων πάντων] παντὸς κινδύνου, τῆς [...] ως τῶν ἀρουρῶν οὔσης [πρὸς τὸν με-]μισθωμένον. ἐὰν δέ τις̣ ἄ̣[βροχος γέ-]νηται, παραδεχθήσεται τ̣[ῷ μεμισθω-]μένῳ, τῶν τῆς γῆς κα[τ’ ἔτος δη-]μοσίων ὄντων πρὸ̣ς̣ τ̣[ὸ]ν̣ Φ̣[ανίαν, ὃν καὶ] κυριεύειν τῶν καρπῶ[ν ἕως ἂν τὰ ὀφει-]λό̣μενα κ̣ο̣μίσηται. β̣[εβαιουμένης] δὲ τῆς μισθώσεως τ̣[ῆς ἐν πυρῷ] διετίας πυρὸν μετρείτ[ω ὁ μεμισ-]θωμένος εἰς δημόσιον̣ [θησαυρὸν] τ̣α̣ῖς ἑαυτοῦ δαπάναις κ̣[αὶ θέμα] καθαρὸν ἀπὸ πάντων [ἀναδότω] τῷ μεμισθωκότι ὑπὸ τ̣[ὴν πρώτην] μέτρησιν, τὸν δὲ [...] ἀργυρικὸν φόρον ἀποδότ[ω ὁ μεμισθωμένος] χωρὶς ὑπερθέσεως. καὶ ἡ̣ [πρᾶξις ἔσ-]τω ἔκ τε αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐ[κ τῶν ὑπαρ-]χόντων αὐτῷ πάντ[ων. κυρία ἡ μίσ-]θωσις. (ἔτους) ιδ Αὐτοκράτο[ρος Καίσα-][ρος Μ]ά̣[ρκου] Α̣ὐρηλίου Ἀντ[ωνίνου] [Σεβαστ]ο̣ῦ Ἀρμενιακο[ῦ Μηδικοῦ] [Παρθικοῦ] Γ̣ε[ρ]μανικοῦ̣ [μεγίστου] [...] Φ̣ανίας Σα̣[ραπίωνος τοῦ Φ]α̣νίου διὰ Σ[αραπίωνος υἱοῦ ...]

English Translation

Phanias, son of Sarapion, son of Phanias, who served as high priest of the Hadrianeion in the city of Oxyrhynchus, leased through Sarapion his son to Sarapion, son of Sarapion, also called Sosikosmeios alias Althaios, for four years from the present fourteenth year, half of his share of royal land near the Iseion Panga, from the allotment of Theophilos and Herakleides, consisting of twenty arouras, of which his share is ten arouras. Thus, in the fourteenth and sixteenth years he shall sow wheat, paying annually thirty and a half artabas of wheat; and in the fifteenth and seventeenth years he shall cultivate green fodder, paying annually two hundred drachmas of silver, free from all risk. If any drought occurs, it shall be accepted by the lessee. The public taxes on the land shall be the responsibility of Phanias, who shall retain ownership of the crops until he receives what is owed. When the lease for the two years of wheat cultivation is confirmed, the lessee shall measure out the wheat into the public treasury at his own expense and deliver it clean and free from all impurities to the lessor at the first measurement. The lessee shall pay the silver tax separately without surcharge. Enforcement shall be against him and all his property. The lease is valid. (Year) 14 of Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Armeniacus, Medicus, Parthicus, Germanicus Maximus. Phanias, son of Sarapion, son of Phanias, through Sarapion his son...