Offer to sublease five arouras of public land TM 9296Arsinoites17. Sept. 140

To Pakysis son of Pakysis, from Heron son of Dionysios son of […] […] from the quarter […]. I wish to lease from you for […] years, of the public arable land which you hold on lease, 5 arouras or however many there may be, for as long as the cultivation remains, from the present 4th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, at a total rent each year of 25 artabas of wheat, I receiving the seed sent out from the public stores; and I shall perform all the appropriate agricultural work that is proper, at my own expense, at the due seasons, doing no damage, sowing the ground with whatever crops I choose except safflower; and I shall pay the yearly rent in the month of Pauni at the threshing floor of the allotment; and I shall also give each year, on account of the transport charge for donkeys, 8 drachmas; and after the term I shall hand over one third part from fallow and the remaining two-thirds part from wheat stubble, if you agree to lease, all public dues being the responsibility of Pakysis. Heron son of Dionysios, aged about 30 […], scar on the right eyebrow. Year 4 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Thoth 20.