Lease of land near Sko for sowing lentils TM 22168Oxyrhynchos11. Okt. 219

Aurelius Sarapion also called Apollonianos, former gymnasiarch of the city of the Oxyrhynchites, and however he is styled, through Aurelius Ammon his agent, has leased to Aurelius Podas son of Psenamounis, his mother being Tapetsiris, from Sko, for two years from the present 3rd year, from the land belonging to him near Sko, out of the [...] of Apollonios called [...], eleven and a quarter arouras, to be sown each year with lentils, at a fixed rent each year, by the quarter measure, of fifty-one artabas of lentils, free of all risk, the public dues on the land being the responsibility of the lessor, who shall also have ownership of the crops until he receives what is owed each year. And if in the following years any land becomes unflooded, allowance shall be made to the lessee; and you shall have the right of execution against me and against all my property, as if by a court judgment. The lease is valid. Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus, Phaophi 13. I, Aurelius Podas son of Psenamounis, the aforementioned, have leased the land for the two years and will pay each year as fixed rent fifty-one artabas of lentils by the quarter measure, and I will do everything as stated above. I, Aurelius Diogenes, wrote on his behalf, as he does not know letters.