Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ἐν χόρτωι ἀνὰ ἑκάστης ἀρούρης
πάντα δὲ ἀποδώσομεν
ἐξ ἀλληλεγγύης εἰς ἔκτισιν
[μην]ὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ (ἔτους) [κ(α)ὶ] δώσομεν μισθωτικούς δραχμὰς ὀκτώ, τῶν δημοσίων ὄντων πρὸς [ὑμᾶς τοὺς] γεούχους
[σ]πειρῶμεν κα [δ]σ[ν] ἐὰν καταθῶμεν (ἔτους)
Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου [Αἰλί]ου Ἁδρι[ανο]ῦ Ἀντ[ω]νείν[ο]υ Σεβ[αστοῦ Εὐ]σεβοῦς [Ἁθ]ὺρ
[καθὼς πρόκειται] καὶ ἔγραψα τὸ σῶμα

Latin

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Translation into English

In the field of each plot
And we will give back all
From mutual support into creation
[In the month] of the same (year) [and] we will give eight drachmas of rent, of the public being towards [you the] landholders
[Let us] sow and [if we] fall (in the year)
Of the Emperor Caesar Titus [Aelius] Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pious [of the] Athenians
[As it is appropriate] and I have written the body

Extracted Koine Greek Text

[ἐν] χόρτωι ἀνὰ ἑκάστης [ἀρούρης]
πάντα δὲ ἀποδώσομ[ε]ν
[ἐ]ξ ἀλληλεγγύης εἰς ἔκτισιν
[μην]ὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ (ἔτους) [κ(α)ὶ] δώσ[ο]μ̣ε̣ν̣ μ̣ι̣[σ]θω[τ]ι̣κ̣οῦ
[δραχμὰ]ς̣ ὀ̣κτώ̣, τῶν δημοσίων ὄντων πρὸς [ὑμᾶς τοὺς] γεούχους
[σ]πειρῶμεν κα[...]
ἐὰν κα̣ταθῶμεν (ἔτους) β
Αὐτοκρά̣(το)ρ[ος Καίσαρο]ς Τίτου [Αἰλί]ου Ἁδρι[ανο]ῦ Ἀντ[ω]νείν[ο]υ Σεβ[αστοῦ Εὐ]σεβοῦς
[Ἁθ]ὺρ α
(hand 2) [...]ευς Θοτρώσ[ιο]ς μ̣ε̣[μίσθωκα καθὼς πρόκειται] κ̣αὶ ἔγραψα τ̣ὸ̣ σ̣[ῶμα]

English Translation

"[...] in grass per each [aroura (unit of land measure)]
and we shall deliver everything
out of mutual responsibility for payment.
In the month of the same (year) [and] we shall give as rent
[eight] drachmas, these being public (funds) owed to [you, the] landowners.
[...] we shall sow [...]
if we deposit (in the year) 2
of Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius,
Hathyr 1.
(hand 2) [...]eus son of Thotrosis, I have leased [as stated above] and I have written the [document/body]."

Notes

- The text is fragmentary and incomplete; brackets indicate reconstructed or uncertain text.
- "Aroura" is an ancient Egyptian measure of land area.
- "Hathyr" is a month in the ancient Egyptian calendar.
- The emperor mentioned is Antoninus Pius (138–161 AD), whose full name was Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius.