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Koine Greek

τ]ῆ̣[ς] Ἀ̣ρσινοιτῶν καὶ Θεοδοσιουπολιτῶν

ὁ]ρ̣μώμενοι ἀπὸ ἐποικίου Καλαμήτιδος

ὁμολογοῦμεν] μ̣[εμ]ι̣σθῶσθαι παρὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας ὑπερφυείας

ἀ]π̣ὸ κώμης Ἀλεξάνδρου Νήσου τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ ἐν τόπῳ

ἀρούρας ὅ̣σ̣α̣ς

ἐὰν ὦσιν ποτιζομένας

μετὰ παντὸς αὐ]τ̣ῶν τοῦ δικαίου ἐπὶ ἑπταέτη χρόνου

ἀπὸ καρπῶν] τ̣ῆ̣ς̣ εὐτυχο̣ῦ̣ς εἰ̣σιούσης δωδεκάτης

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Latin

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Translation into English

Of the Arsinoites and Theodosians

We are coming from the colony of Calamitis

We confess that we are to be rented from your extraordinary generosity

From the village of Alexander of the same law in the place

Of the fields as many as

If they are to be watered

With all of them, the just for a period of seven years

From the fruits of the fortunate twelfth

(of the judge)

Extracted Koine Greek Text

τῆς Ἀρσινοιτῶν καὶ Θεοδοσιουπολιτῶν
ὁρμώμενοι ἀπὸ ἐποικίου Καλαμήτιδος
ὁμολογοῦμεν μεμισθῶσθαι παρὰ τῆς ὑμετέρας ὑπερφυείας
ἀπὸ κώμης Ἀλεξάνδρου Νήσου τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ ἐν τόπῳ
ἀρούρας ὅσας ἐὰν ὦσιν ποτιζομένας
μετὰ παντὸς αὐτῶν τοῦ δικαίου ἐπὶ ἑπταέτη χρόνον
ἀπὸ καρπῶν τῆς εὐτυχοῦς εἰσιούσης δωδεκάτης ἰν(δικτίονος)

English Translation

"...of the Arsinoites and Theodosioupolitans,
originating from the settlement of Kalametis,
we acknowledge that we have leased from your excellency
from the village of Alexandrou Nesos of the same nome, in the locality,
as many arouras (plots of land) as may be irrigated,
together with all their rights, for a period of seven years,
from the crops of the fortunate incoming twelfth indiction."

Notes

Arsinoites and Theodosioupolitans: inhabitants of the Arsinoite nome and the city of Theodosioupolis.
Kalametis: a settlement or hamlet.
Alexandrou Nesos: "Island of Alexander," a village in the same administrative district (nome).
Arouras: a unit of land measurement used in ancient Egypt.
Indiction: a 15-year cycle used in dating documents in the Byzantine period.