Sharecropping lease of three arouras at Karanis TM 10534Karanis (Arsinoites)315 CE – 331 CE

[recto] [...] [...] [...] [...] [Pa]uni [...] Aurelius Heron son of Ptolemaios, from the village of Karanis in the Arsinoite [nome]. I acknowledge [...] to Aurelius [Patermo]uthis son of Basos, in the city of the Arsinoites [...] in the place Testo [...] three arouras, 3 arouras, or however many they may be, on half shares, half to you the landowner, the remaining half share to me the cultivator, for the prosperous fourth, 4th, indiction. The lease is valid and guaranteed and let it be produced everywhere, and having been asked the formal question I acknowledged it. I, Aurelius Patermouthis the aforementioned, have leased to Aurelius Heron the aforementioned arouras on half shares [as] stated above, and all that is written agrees with me. I, Aurelius Leontios son of Didymos, from the same city, wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters. [verso] Lease: Patermouthis, Heron, from Tanis (?), 3 arouras [...]