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A sub-lease of 1 1/2 arourae of domain land the lessee covenanting to pay the rent, the amount of which is not specified, and other imposts to the State.
Translation: To Cheus son of Saras from N.N. son of Orsenouphis of the village of Tebtunis. I wish to lease from you from the current 3rd year of Antoninus and Verus the lords Augusti the 1 1/4 arouras or thereabouts of domain land at Tebtunis, which you are at present cultivating and which is jointly held by Herakles the younger, son of Caecilius son of Phomnasis, as part of 2 1/2 arouras in the so-called Marsh, until the coming joint leasing out among the cultivators at the rent devolving upon the 1 1/4 arouras and other rates in accordance with the custom of the land. I shall sow for the current year any crops I choose, you, Cheus, paying the … apportioned to you by the persons from (?) Poludeukia in the division of Themistos and other external districts, as the lease is made on these terms. You, Cheus, must make the division of the holding with the aforesaid Herakles; and I will pay you yearly 1 artaba of wheat by the 4-choinix measure of the magazine of Tebtunis. Cheus, aged 33, having a scar on the right forearm. The 3rd year of Antoninus and Verus the lords Augusti, Hathur 20.

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