Ten-year lease of marshland at Thynis for a gold rent TM 16108Hermopolis512 (?)

[recto] [… son of] Taurinos of most excellent memory, from [the city of the Hermopolites] […] [from the Aurelii Basileides son of Gennadios, his mother being] Anna, and Herakleides son of Taurinos, [his mother being …] [… both farmers] from the village of Thynis in the Hermopolite nome. [We agree, being mutual sureties] and guarantors for one another, willingly and of our own choice, [that we have leased from your] Admirableness for a period of ten years, from the crops [of the …] seventh indiction, the [arouras] belonging to your Excellence […] lying in the marsh, in the tax district of the same village, [for sowing and planting] of whatever crops we choose, the fixed rent for them each year being three good imperial gold solidi, less four carats each, by the public standard of the same city, total 3 gold solidi less 12 carats, which gold rent we shall pay […] in the month of […] each year without delay, all our property, present and future, both specifically and generally, being pledged to your Admirableness for this lease, as if by legal judgment. The document is valid and binding, and in answer to the formal question we have given our assent. We, Aurelii Basileides son of Gennadios and Herakleides son of Taurinos, the aforesaid, have leased as stated above. I, Aurelius Poll[…] from Hermopolis, having been asked, wrote on their behalf, as they do not know letters. I, Flavius Her[…] son of […]philos, […], witness the lease, having heard it from the parties. I, Eu[…], presbyter, witness the lease, having heard it from the parties. I, Flavius Pythiodoros, grammarian, witness the lease, having heard it from the parties. Written through me, Antinoos … [verso] [… son of] Taurinos from the village of Thynis in the Hermopolite nome.