Sharecropping lease of 14 arouras on an estate at Karanis TM 12560 12561KaranisOct. 6th, 29 A.D.

[recto] I, Ptolemaios son of Hermias, Persian of the Epigone, have leased from Limnaios son of Limnaios the 14 arouras which he himself also farms in the estate of Marcus A...nius Saturnilus, of the cleruchic holding, for the present sixteenth year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, only for the sowing of vetch and for grazing of sheep and folding, and for sowing over with vegetable seed, on shares of five parts, three parts to Limnaios and the remaining two parts to me, Ptolemaios. The costs of transport, threshing and winnowing are to come from my, Ptolemaios', two parts, while Limnaios receives the remaining three parts as stated above. All the remaining agricultural work of the holding, including irrigation, weeding and clearing of siphons (?), is to be my, Ptolemaios', responsibility, without (my supplying) seed; the price to be paid for the vetch belongs to me, Ptolemaios, alone, while the rents and expenses of the estate fall to Limnaios; and I will do everything as stated above. Year 16 of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Phaophi 9. In the twenty-first year of Tiberius Caesar [verso] Year […] In the twenty-first year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, on the fifteenth of the month Apellaios, Phaophi fifteenth, at Karanis in the division of Herakleides, Gaius Petronius, soldier of the legion, lent Limnaios son of Limnaios to his father, very many greetings. In the twenty-first year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, on the fifteenth of the month Apellaios …… [… 5 lines lost …]