Rent-free lease of private land at Kerkesoucha and Ptolemais Nea TM 10312Kom Aushim (Karanis)303/304 A.D.

[…] […] I wish to lease from you the 7 arouras of private sown land belonging to you, namely near the village of Kerkesoucha […] of Karanis 5 arouras of private sown land, and near the village of Ptolemais Nea 2 arouras of private sown land, making together 7 arouras of private sown land, or however many they may be, for a period of three years from the sowing of the present year, without rent, on condition that I the lessee shall be responsible for all public dues demanded on the arouras, that is the grain levy and the annonae and all assessments and the divine ordinance from the 20th year and the 19th year and the 12th year, for the aforesaid three-year period, free of deductions and risk; and it shall not be permitted to me to abandon the lease within the period in any way, but I shall of necessity carry out all the yearly work that is proper at my own expense at the appropriate times, causing no damage, all the public dues as aforesaid, the grain levy and the annonae and all assessments and the divine ordinance being my responsibility as lessee […] […]