Lease of land plots from the heirs of Apollos at Aphrodito TM 19039Aphrodites kome (Antaiopolites)AD 565

[recto] † After the consulship of Flavius Basilius, the most glorious, year 24, Epeiph 24, of the fourteenth (indiction). † To the heirs of Apollos son of Dioskoros, son of Psimanobet, through you, the most admirable Dioskoros his son, from Aurelius Psempnouthios also called Lilos, son of Hermauos son of Psekes, his mother being Tsone, machine-maker (?), from the village of Aphrodite, greetings. I have leased from you, for as long a time as you wish, reckoned from the crops of the present fourteenth indiction, both for it and for the following time, the plots of land belonging to you in the hollow of the breach (in the dyke) south of your ancestral farmstead, which lies to the south of the village, to the north of the orchard called Pkamet, from the corner of the farmstead of Ptolemaios southward all the way to the wall of the same garden, eastward all the way to the corner of the farmstead of Apa Kyros son of Besarion, your ancestor; on condition that I sow these with whatever crops I wish, by my own hands and at my own expense, and that I pay you the rent at a fixed amount, whether the land is fully flooded or unflooded (which may not happen), each year 1 artaba of clean wheat by your rent measure, without dispute. The lease shall be valid and secure; and having been asked on all points I consented, with the subscription of the one who signs for me. † I, Aurelius Psempnouthios also called Lilos, son of Hermauos son of Psikes, the aforementioned, have leased as stated above. I, Aurelius Hermeias son of Victor, wrote on his behalf at his request, since he does not know letters. I, Aurelius Ioannes son of Kyriakos, bear witness to the lease, having heard it from the lessee. † Written by me, Kyros, notary. [verso] Lease made by Psempnouthios also called Lilos […] [… 1 line lost …]