Lease of land with a water-wheel and a house TM 18112Oxyrhynchos28. Sept. - 27. Okt. 172

[…] […] […] near the village […] […] of the kleros […] arouras […] [in which there is a water-]wheel and a [well] […] […] five and […] so that the lessees may [sow and harvest] each year [one] half [part] […] and the other half [part] with whatever crops they choose, except woad and [vetch], at a rent each year for the whole arouras and the house of 40 artabas of wheat and 932 drachmas of silver; the rent to be free of all risk each [year], the public dues on the land being each year the responsibility of the lessors; and if the lease is guaranteed we shall pay the money rent each year in the months Epeiph and Mesore, and the wheat we shall measure into the public granary and hand over the receipt clean at the first measuring in the month of Epeiph; and if any land in the following year becomes unflooded, it shall be allowed to the lessees, on condition that the lessors hand over (the machine) to us each year fitted out with all wooden and iron equipment, without rent (for the house). If any part of the machine breaks or wears out, the landowners shall supply the equivalent, and they shall have the right of execution against the lessees and against all their property. The lease is valid. Year 13 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Maximus, Phaophi […]