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† βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλα(υίου) Ἰουστινι[ανοῦ] [τοῦ] αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους εἰκο[στοῦ] τετάρτου μετὰ τὴν ὑπατεί[αν] Φλα̣(υίου) Β̣[ασιλε]ίου τοῦ [ἐνδοξ(οτάτου)] ἔτους ἐννάτου, Χοίακ κδ τεσσαρεσ(και)δεκάτ[ης ἰνδ(ικτίονος).] Φλ̣(άυιος)Ἰο̣υλι̣ανὸς̣ ἐνδοξό̣τ̣[(ατος) ἰλλο]ύστρι̣[ο]ς̣ καὶ π[άγαρχος] τ̣ῆ̣ς Ἀντ[αιοπολι]τ̣(ῶν) δ(ιὰ) Ε [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] Αὐρηλί[ῳ Φοι]βάμμωνι Τριαδέλφου συντ̣ε[λ]ε̣σ̣τ̣[ῇ] ἀπὸ κώμ[ης Ἀ]φροδίτης τ̣[οῦ α]ὐτοῦ̣ ν̣ομοῦ χαίρε[ιν.] ἐ̣ξεμισθώσαμέν σο[ι ἐ]φ̣ʼ ὅσον χρόνον τ̣ὴ̣ν παγαρ̣χείαν τ̣ῆ̣ς α̣[ὐτῆ]ς̣ πόλεως λογιζόμ[ενον] ἀπὸ καρπῶν σὺν θεῷ μελλούσ(ης) πεντεκ[(αι)δεκάτ(ης)] ἰνδικ(τίονος) καὶ αὐτῆς τὰς ὑ̣[πα]ρ̣χούσας ἡμῖν ὀν[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] μ̣ω ̣ πολιτευσαμένου ἀρούρας ὅσαι εἰσίν, δια[κειμένας] ἐ̣ν̣ τ̣[ῇ π]ε̣διάδι κώμης̣ [Φ]θ[λα ἐξ] ἀπηλιώτου τ[ῆςα(ὐτῆς)κώμης(?)] [ἐ]φ̣ʼ ᾧ σε ταύτας καταθ̣εῖν[αι ἐ]ν ο̣ἷς βο̣ύλ̣ῃ̣ [γενήμασιν,] [ἐ]κ̣ τῶν ἰ (* ) δίων σ[ο]υ κτην[ῶν] κ(αὶ) ἀναλώμασι, κ[αὶ διδόναι] [τὸ]ν̣ φόρ̣ον καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐνι[α]υτόν, ἐν μὲν τ̣ῶ̣ν̣ π[α]σῶν ἀρουρῶν [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ]ῳ̣ σίτου [ ̣ ̣ [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] ἀ̣[ρ]τ̣ά̣βας πέντε κ(αὶ) [κριθ]ῶ̣ν ἀρτάβ(ας) πέ[ντε] τῷ̣ ἡ̣[μ]ῶν̣ φορικῷ [μέτ]ρῳ, ἐν δέ, ὃ μὴ εἴη̣, [ἀβροχικῷ] αν [ ̣ ̣ ] ̣ ε̣ι̣ τῆς̣ λει[μ]ν̣ασθησομένη[ς] (* ) [γῆς] πρὸς̣ [ἀν]αμέτρησ̣[ιν σ]χοινίου ὑ (* ) πὲρ ἑκ[άστης] ἀ̣ρού̣[ρης σίτου ἀρτάβα]ς̣ δύο καὶ κριθῶ̣[ν] ἀ̣ρ̣[τάβας δύο τῶι φορικ]ῷ μέτρῳ ἡ̣ ἀντιμ̣[ίσθωσις(?)] κ̣[υρία καὶ βεβαία](?) (* ) [καὶ ἐπερ]ωτηθ(έντες) ὡμολογ[ήσαμεν] [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ἐξεμι]σθ[ώ]σα[μεν ὡς πρόκ(ειται(?))] [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ] ̣ ̣ ―

Latin

Apparatus

^ 5. PapCongr. 25 398 : Φ̣λ̣α(ύιος) Ἀ̣λέ̣ξ̣ανδ̣ρ̣ο̣ς̣ ἐνδοξό̣τ̣(ατος) [ἰλλο]ύστρι[ος] prev. ed.

^ 5. PapCongr. 25 398 : π[άγαρ-] prev. ed.

^ 6. PapCongr. 25 398 : χ̣[ο]ς̣ Ἀντ[αίου(?) ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] prev. ed.

^ 9. PapCongr. 25 398 : α̣ι̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] prev. ed.

^ 10. PapCongr. 25 398 : α̣ ̣ ̣ ̣α̣γ̣α̣[ ̣ ̣] ̣εια̣ν τ̣ῆ̣ς α̣[ὐτῆς(?)] prev. ed.

^ 16. ϊδιων papyrus

^ 21. l. λιμνασθησομένη[ς]

^ 22. ϋπερ papyrus

^ 24-25. cf. BL 8.396 : { ̣} Ἀντιν[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] ἡ̣ [μίσθωσις κυρία καὶ βεβαία] prev. ed.

Translation into English

† Of the kingdom of our most divine lord Flavius Justinian, the eternal Augustus, Emperor, in the twenty-fourth year after the consulate of Flavius Basil, in the ninth year, Choiak 24, of the fourteen indiction. Flavius Julian, most illustrious, and governor of the Antiochians, through Aurelius Phoibammōn, son of Triadelfus, from the village of Aphrodite of the same district, greetings. We have leased to you for as long as the time the lease of the same city, calculated from the fruits, with God willing, of the fifteenth indiction, and of the same, the existing ones to us. The fields of land that are in the district of the village of Phthala, from the sunburnt of the same village, for which you are to place these in whatever you wish, from your own animals and expenses, and to give the tax according to each year, in the case of all the fields of wheat, five artabas of wheat and five artabas of barley, to our measure of tax, and if it should not be, in the dry measure, for the land that will be measured by the rope for each artaba of wheat two and two artabas of barley, the compensation is certain and guaranteed. And having been asked, we have agreed as it is proposed.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

† βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλα(υίου) Ἰουστινι[ανοῦ]
[τοῦ] αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους εἰκο[στοῦ]
τετάρτου μετὰ τὴν ὑπατεί[αν] Φλα̣(υίου) Β̣[ασιλε]ίου τοῦ [ἐνδοξ(οτάτου)]
ἔτους ἐννάτου, Χοίακ κδ τεσσαρεσ(και)δεκάτ[ης ἰνδ(ικτίονος).]
Φλ̣(άυιος) Ἰο̣υλι̣ανὸς̣ ἐνδοξό̣τ̣[(ατος) ἰλλο]ύστρι̣[ο]ς̣ καὶ π[άγαρχος] τ̣ῆ̣ς Ἀντ[αιοπολι]τ̣(ῶν)
δ(ιὰ) Ε̣[...] Αὐρηλί[ῳ Φοι]βάμμωνι Τριαδέλφου συντ̣ε[λ]ε̣σ̣τ̣[ῇ]
ἀπὸ κώμ[ης Ἀ]φροδίτης τ̣[οῦ α]ὐτοῦ̣ ν̣ομοῦ χαίρε[ιν.]
ἐ̣ξεμισθώσαμέν σο[ι ἐ]φ̣ʼ ὅσον χρόνον [...] τ̣ὴ̣ν παγαρ̣χείαν τ̣ῆ̣ς α̣[ὐτῆ]ς̣ πόλεως λογιζόμ[ενον]
ἀπὸ καρπῶν σὺν θεῷ μελλούσ(ης) πεντεκ[(αι)δεκάτ(ης)] ἰνδικ(τίονος)
καὶ αὐτῆς τὰς ὑ̣[πα]ρ̣χούσας ἡμῖν ὀν[...] πολιτευσαμένου ἀρούρας ὅσαι εἰσίν, δια[κειμένας]
ἐ̣ν̣ τ̣[ῇ π]ε̣διάδι κώμης̣ [Φ]θ[λα...] [ἐξ] ἀπηλιώτου τ[ῆς α(ὐτῆς) κώμης(?)]
[ἐ]φ̣ʼ ᾧ σε ταύτας καταθ̣εῖν[αι ἐ]ν ο̣ἷς βο̣ύλ̣ῃ̣ [γενήμασιν,]
[ἐ]κ̣ τῶν ἰδίων σ[ο]υ κτην[ῶν] κ(αὶ) ἀναλώμασι, κ[αὶ διδόναι]
[τὸ]ν̣ φόρ̣ον καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐνι[α]υτόν, ἐν μὲν τ̣ῶ̣ν̣ π[α]σῶν ἀρουρῶν [...] σίτου [...] ἀ̣[ρ]τ̣ά̣βας πέντε κ(αὶ) [κριθ]ῶ̣ν ἀρτάβ(ας) πέ[ντε]
τῷ̣ ἡ̣[μ]ῶν̣ φορικῷ [μέτ]ρῳ, ἐν δέ, ὃ μὴ εἴη̣, [ἀβροχικῷ] [...] τῆς̣ λιμνασθησομένη[ς γῆς]
πρὸς̣ [ἀν]αμέτρησ̣[ιν σ]χοινίου ὑπὲρ ἑκ[άστης] ἀ̣ρού̣[ρης σίτου ἀρτάβα]ς̣ δύο καὶ κριθῶ̣[ν] ἀ̣ρ̣[τάβας δύο τῷ φορικ]ῷ μέτρῳ ἡ̣ ἀντιμ̣[ίσθωσις(?)]
κ̣[υρία καὶ βεβαία](?) [καὶ ἐπερ]ωτηθ(έντες) ὡμολογ[ήσαμεν] [...] ἐξεμι]σθ[ώ]σα[μεν ὡς πρόκ(ειται(?))]

English Translation

† In the reign of our most divine lord Flavius Justinianus, the eternal Augustus and Emperor, in the twenty-fourth year after the consulship of Flavius Basilius, the most glorious, in the ninth year, on the 24th of Choiak, in the fourteenth indiction.

Flavius Iulianus, the most glorious illustrious and pagarch of the Antaiopolites, through E[...] to Aurelius Phoibammon, son of Triadelphos, tax-collector from the village of Aphrodite in the same nome, greetings.

We have leased to you, for the period [...] the pagarchy of the same city, calculated from the crops, God willing, of the coming fifteenth indiction, and also the lands belonging to us [...] as many arouras as there are, situated in the plain of the village of Phthla[...] eastward of the same village(?), on condition that you plant these lands with whatever crops you wish, using your own animals and expenses, and that you pay the tax each year, for all the arouras [...] five artabas of wheat and five artabas of barley according to our tax measure. But in the event, may it not happen, of drought [...] of the land that will become marshy, measured by rope, for each aroura two artabas of wheat and two artabas of barley according to the tax measure. The lease is valid and secure, and having been questioned, we have agreed [...] we have leased as stated above.