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Koine Greek

Μάρκῳ Ἰουλίῳ Κασιανῷ Ἀντινοεῖ παρὰ Πουπλίου Λουκρητίου Ἀντωνείνου κ[αὶ] Κ̣α̣σ̣ίου ἀπάτορος. βουλόμεθα μισθώ- σασθαι παρὰ σοῦ τὰς ὑπαρχούσας σοι πε- ρὶ κώμην Φιλαδέλφειαν σιτικὰς ἀρού- ρας δέκα πέντε κοινων (*) καὶ ἀ[δι]αιρετω[ν] (*) αλ̣ ̣ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ]ε̣ι̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ]ντα εἰς ετ[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ]ες ̣ ἀπ[ὸ] τοῦ ἐν[εστῶτος] ἐννέα καὶ [δεκά]του εἰς τὰ ἑξῆς ἔτη Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρ[ο]ς τοῦ κυρίου σπόρους τέσσαρες (*), ἐκφορίου σὺν οἷς λημψόμεθα κατʼ ἔτος σπερμ[ά-] των πυροῦ ἀρταβων (*) δέκα πέντε τὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἐνιαυτὸν ἀρτα- βῶν ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι πέντε , τὰ δὲ ἑξῆς ἔτη σὺν σπέρμασι ἀρταβῶν ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα πέντε κατʼ ἔ- [τος], μέτρῳ τετάρτῳ σοῦ [π]αρα- λ[η]μ̣πτικῷ, ἀνυπολόγων καὶ ἀ- κινδύνων, ἁπάντων τῶν ε[ἰδ]ῶν καὶ φολέτρων (*) δημοσίων καὶ ἄλλων ὄντων πρὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς μεμισ- θωμένου[ς]· καὶ μετὰ τὸν χρόνον πα- παραδώσωμεν (*) τέσσαρες (*) ἀρούρας ἀπὸ ἀναπαύματος χόρτου, τὰς δὲ λοιπὰς ἀπὸ καλάμης. (hand 2) Ἰούλιος Κασια̣- νὸς μεμίσθοκα (*) τῇ ἀλληλενγύῃ τὰς προκειμένας ἀλούρας (*) δέκα πέντε ὡς προκινται (*). ἔτους ιθ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνείνου [Σεβαστοῦ] Εὐσεβοῦς [ ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ] [Ἀ]θύρ̣ ̣ ̣

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Translation into English

To Mark Julius Cassianus of Antinoe, from Publius Lucretitius Antoninus and Cassius the ancestor. We wish to lease from you the existing agricultural lands of fifteen communal aruras in the village of Philadelphia, and undivided (*). We will take four seeds (*), with which we will receive annually the seeds of wheat, ten and fifteen arta- bous the first year, one hundred twenty-five, and in the following years with seeds of one hundred thirty-five arta- bous per year, in your fourth measure, uncountable and without danger, of all kinds and public and other burdens existing against us the lessees. And after the time, we will deliver four aruras from the resting of grass, and the rest from straw. Julius Cassianus has leased (*) the aforementioned aruras of ten as it is proposed (*). In the year of the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus [the August] the pious [ ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ] [A]thyṛ ̣ ̣

Extracted Koine Greek Text

Μάρκῳ Ἰουλίῳ Κασιανῷ Ἀντινοεῖ
παρὰ Πουπλίου Λουκρητίου Ἀντωνείνου κ[αὶ]
Κ̣α̣σ̣ίου ἀπάτορος. βουλόμεθα μισθώ-
σασθαι παρὰ σοῦ τὰς ὑπαρχούσας σοι πε-
ρὶ κώμην Φιλαδέλφειαν σιτικὰς ἀρού-
ρας δέκα πέντε κοινῶς καὶ ἀδιαιρέτως
αλ̣[ ̣  ̣  ̣ ]ε̣ι̣[ ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ ]ντα εἰς ἐτ[ ̣  ̣  ̣ ]ες ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐν[εστῶτος] ἐννέα καὶ [δεκά]του
εἰς τὰ ἑξῆς ἔτη Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρ[ο]ς τοῦ
κυρίου σπόρους τέσσαρας, ἐκφορίου
σὺν οἷς λημψόμεθα κατʼ ἔτος σπερμ[ά-]
των πυροῦ ἀρτάβαις δέκα πέντε
τὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἐνιαυτὸν ἀρτα-
βῶν ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι πέντε, τὰ δὲ
ἑξῆς ἔτη σὺν σπέρμασι ἀρταβῶν
ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα πέντε κατʼ ἔ-
[τος], μέτρῳ τετάρτῳ σοῦ [π]αρα-
λ[η]μ̣πτικῷ, ἀνυπολόγων καὶ ἀ-
κινδύνων, ἁπάντων τῶν ε[ἰδ]ῶν
καὶ φορέτρων δημοσίων καὶ ἄλλων
ὄντων πρὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς μεμισ-
θωμένου[ς]· καὶ μετὰ τὸν χρόνον πα-
ραδώσομεν τέσσαρας ἀρούρας
ἀπὸ ἀναπαύματος χόρτου, τὰς δὲ
λοιπὰς ἀπὸ καλάμης.
(hand 2) Ἰούλιος Κασια̣-
νὸς μεμίσθωκα τῇ ἀλληλενγύῃ
τὰς προκειμένας ἀρούρας δέκα
πέντε ὡς πρόκειται. ἔτους ιθ
Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου
Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνείνου
[Σεβαστοῦ] Εὐσεβοῦς [ -ca.?- ]
[Ἀ]θύρ̣ ̣  ̣

English Translation

To Marcus Julius Cassianus of Antinoe,
from Publius Lucretius Antoninus and Cassius, without father.
We wish to lease from you the fifteen arouras of grain-land belonging to you
near the village of Philadelphia, jointly and indivisibly,
[ damaged text ] from the present nineteenth year
onward for the following years of Antoninus Caesar our lord,
with four sowings, with the rent including the seed grain
of wheat, fifteen artabas per year,
for the first year one hundred twenty-five artabas,
and for the following years, including seed grain, one hundred thirty-five artabas per year,
measured by your receiving measure, without deduction and without risk,
all taxes and public charges and other expenses being upon us, the lessees.
And after the term we shall deliver four arouras
from grass fallow, and the remaining from stubble.
(Second hand) I, Julius Cassianus, have leased jointly
the aforementioned fifteen arouras as stated above.
Year 19 of Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus
[Augustus] Pius [ -ca.?- ]
[Month of] Athyr [ damaged text ]