Lease of pasture land by the shepherd Aurelius Phoibammon from Apollos son of Dioskoros TM 19042Aphrodites kome (Antaiopolites)AD 544-45

[recto] [… lines lost …] To [Apa] Apollos son of Dioskoros, son of Psimanobet, from the village of Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome, Aurelius Phoibammon son of Victor and Tagape, residing in the hamlet of Psekes near the same village, and shepherd, greetings. I acknowledge that I have leased from your reverence for a period of one year, for the coming crop, God willing, of the ninth year of the new indiction, [the] pasture land [belonging] to you, [situated at …] of the […] under me […] of the holding of Pasikorios, [with all its] rights, according to [its boundaries, on condition that I hold it] and graze it [for the feeding of my] flocks, [and pay the rent] to your holiness […] for pasturage, gold solidi […] [according to] the exchange rate of the [village (?), making solidi …] [less carats …] by the goldsmiths' (?) […] […] [The lease is valid] and secure, and having been asked the formal question [I acknowledged it. I, Aurelius] Phoibammon [son of Victor and Tagape], have leased [as stated above. I, Aurelius] Kyrikos […], [having been asked], wrote on [his] behalf, since he does not know [letters]. […] I bear witness to the lease, [having heard it] from the party who made it. Written by me, Abraamios son of Apollos, notary. [verso] [Lease of Phoibammon] son of Victor and Tagape concerning the pasture of Pasikorios, crop of the 9th indiction.