Pauni . . . I, Aurelius Heron son of Ptolemaios (?), from the village of Karanis of the Arsinoite [Nome], acknowledge . . . to Aurelius Patermouthis son of Basos in the city of the Arsinoites (that you) have leased (to me) in the place Testo . . . three arouras, ar. 3, or however many they may be, on a basis of half-shares--a half share for you the landowner, and the remaining half share for me the cultivator--for the prosperous fourth (4th) indiction. Let the lease be valid and secure wherever it is produced, and on formal interrogation I have acknowledged (the above).
	I, Aurelius Patermouthis, the aforesaid, have leased to Aurelius Heron the aforesaid arouras for a half-share as aforesaid, and all that is written within has my agreement. I, Aurelius Leontios son of Didymos, from the same city, wrote on behalf of him because he is illiterate.

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Lease of Patermouthis to Heron from Tanis, 3 ar.