Lease offer for five arouras near Thynis for flax and fodder TM 21442Hermopolis28. Sept. 339

In the consulship of our masters Constantius Augustus for the 2nd time and Constans Augustus for the 1st time. To Aurelius Ammonios and Aurelia Demetria, children (?) of Aniketos, from Hermopolis the most splendid city, from Aurelius Paulos son of Elias and Polis his brother, from the same city. We wish voluntarily and of our own free will to lease from you for one year only, for the crops of the fortunate 14th indiction, the 5 arouras belonging to you near Thynis, from the kleros named after them, for sowing with flax and with lotus fodder, half and half, at a rent for the flax of 1 2/3 centenaria of unworked tow per aroura, and for the land in fodder we shall provide you with half of all the fodder produced, instead of the rent. This tow we shall deliver to you in the month of Phaophi of the same year without delay, in tow that is suitable and satisfactory, by the public standard, according to the area shown sown by survey, the public taxes and all other charges being the responsibility of you, the landowners. The lease is valid, and having been asked the formal question we have agreed. In the aforesaid consulship, Thoth 30. I, Aurelius […], have leased […] Aurelius […] […] […]