Offer to lease land near Theogonis for hay and wheat TM 12445Tebtynis (Arsinoites)29. Apr. 139

To […] and A…[…]on, both sons of Theon, and Heraklas son of Herakleides, from Harphaesis son of Kronion, grandson of Cheos, from the village of Tebtynis. I wish to lease from you for four years from the coming third year of Antoninus Caesar the lord the 5 1/2 arouras, or however many there may be, belonging to you near Theogonis in one parcel, of which 3 1/6 arouras are Heraklas' and the remaining 2 1/3 the others'. In the first and third year, for sowing with hay as pasture for sheep and for folding (of flocks), at a rent for the 2 arouras of Heraklas […] per year of […] 6 silver drachmas, and for the others without rent; in the second and fourth year of the lease, for sowing with wheat, at a rent for the two-year period, per year, including the 5 1/2 artabas of wheat seed which I shall receive, of 71 1/2 artabas of wheat in all, by the […]-choinix measure of the granary of Theogonis, and as customary gifts for the four-year period, per year, […] 4, all free from deductions and risk. And I shall carry out each year all the agricultural work of the arouras, and I shall deliver the rents to you each year in the month of Pauni at the threshing floor of Theogonis, and the money rent in the month of Phamenoth, the annual transport charges for diligence being my responsibility, and the conveyance of the rents being yours. And after the term I shall hand back the arouras clean of couch-grass and rush, except for reed. If it seems good to you, lease to me. Harphaesis, about 43 years old, scar on the left thumb. Year 2 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Pachon 1.