Agreement appointing substitutes for a grain-revenue collector TM 32160Oxyrhynchos222 - 223 (?)

Mutual agreement made with each other by the Aurelii, Modestus also called Olympos, son of Patas, his mother being Herakleous, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, collector together with others of the grain receipts of the metropolis for the places of the upper toparchy of Sko, and, on the other side, one of the partners, Melas son of Melas, and Nepotianus son of Theon, both from the same city: Modestus also called Olympos (agrees) that he has made an arrangement with Melas and his associates concerning his own position in the said collectorship, on condition that they shall carry out the record-keeping and the collection of the grain receipts to be published by the royal scribe of the nome for the same collectorship, for the review of the past 4th year, and shall submit to the judgments that take place and shall hand in the deductions, because they have received the 350 silver drachmas agreed upon for salary and the price of papyrus rolls and other expenses, from hand to hand, the share of the insolvent and hard-to-collect (debts) being the responsibility of the common body of the principals; and Melas and his associates (agree) that they consent to these terms and will do each thing as stated above, so that Modestus also called Olympos is not troubled concerning his position in the said collectorship […] […]