p.mich.18.784 4. März 18Oxyrhynchos

[Fragment A] Copy. In the fourth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Phamenoth 8, in Oxyrhynchus, city of the Thebaid. Aristopous […] acknowledges to Hermophilos son of Harthoonis and Didymos son of Sarapion, in the street, that he has ceded to them, in accordance with what has been arranged through the officials of the cavalry, on the basis of the memorandum which Aristopous submitted to Eudaimon, who had been granted (the office?) by his brother Theon, the official in charge of the registrations of catoecic land, to each of them in equal shares, the six arouras by rectangular measure of grain-bearing sown land belonging to him near Kerkemounis in the upper toparchy, out of land purchased from the kleros of Philon, of the class of twelve drachmas for the assessment of the katoikoi, together with the annual rents of these in accordance with the lease of the cultivator, [all the public charges being the responsibility of] those receiving the cession […] [Fragment B, recto] […] [in accordance with] the regulations and instructions concerning these matters, in return for which Aristopous has received from the recipients of the cession the cession fee for public expenditure in urgent times; and that Aristopous will in no way violate the agreement nor act fraudulently concerning the cession of the land in any manner, but will also guarantee to the recipients themselves and their successors the six arouras securely for all time, and free from public charges and all other dues for the previous period up to the past third year and for the third year itself of Tiberius Caesar Augustus. If Aristopous violates any of these terms, it shall be invalid, and he shall pay in addition to those to whom he makes the acknowledgement or their successors, for whatever kind of violation, the damages and a fine of 1,000 silver drachmas and the same amount to the public treasury, and nonetheless the recipients shall in no way be disadvantaged in the guarantee which remains binding on Aristopous for all time regarding the other (lands) ceded to them by him […] kleros of 13 arouras […] […] [Fragment B, verso] Cession of Aristopous to [Hermophilos] and Didymos.