Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Pap. Aram. Mon. 1
Land Lease
Bauer-Meissner Land Lease Papyrus TAD B.1.1
Metadata
- Collection
- Bayerische Staatsbibliothek | StaBi, Bay. (Public)
- Genre
-
- Contract
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Acquisition
- Created by
- James D. Moore
- Material
- papyrus
- Text Direction Side 1
- perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
Text and Translation
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James Moore
James Moore
In year 7 of Ki[n]g Darius, month of Meḥir, (day) 6,
Padi son of Daga[n]melech (1) said (2) to Aḥa son of Ḥapio: I gave you
my field (of) [x] CABLES in (the) town Korobis for sowing (and) division.
You will sow it with your own seed in year 7 and you will divide with me
in year 8, ḥomer for ḥomer, pera[s for] peras. The good
and the bad we shall divide as one, EQUALLY [...] ...
... of your own. ꜥandʾ ^And the field^ you will harvest [your]self [...] ...
... will [be] in my field from ... [...] ...
... in full. And I will take for me (as) for you. And anyone who will [IN]TERFERE WITH you
I shall BLOCK. I shall stand up and cleanse and give (it) to [you. And] if I do not stand up
and cleanse and give (it) to you, I shall give it to you fr[om] my portion from the king,
except for a word of the king. And you gave me pm[ṭn] of my field, silver, 2 sh(ekels),
a lost (= forfeit) shekel and a lasting (= returnable) shekel. And you shall carry (the) ... of (the) threshing floor with
your own (13) he-ass (14) and (one) shall not hire a he-ass. And I shall not [be able] to reclaim my field
from you as long as you have (a claim) on [me] (for) pmṭn and obligation. These are the witnesses:
Nargi, Nanai, Ḥor, [Ṣe]ḥa/[A]ḥa, Adduladin, Kenani, [°°]my, Pana
Peṭemin, Qšr. Makkibanit son of Nargi wrote this [docu]ment
upon the instruction of Padi in (the) town Korobis.
Document of an obligation of a field which Pad[i] wr[ot]e for Aḥa.
Moore, James D.. 'Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Pap. Aram. Mon. 1.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12565. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.