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(1) Year 6, Choiak, of Pharaoh Ptolemy, the son of Ptol[em]y and Arsinoe the gods who love their father, the priest of Al[ex]ander and the gods who save and the brother gods and the beneficent gods (and) the gods who love their father (being) Andromachos, son of Lysimachos, the woman Themista, daughter of [Hegesistratos], being the bearer of the gift of victory before Berenice the beneficent goddess, [Strates], daughter of Ptolemy, being the bearer of the golden basket before Arsinoe who loves her brother.;Has said the farmer, the servant of Hathor-mistress-of-Aphroditopolis, the great goddess, Patous the younger, son of patous, his mother (being) [Esenrenphis], to the woman Nebwotis, daughter (2) daughter of Psammatichos, her mother (being) Taarmothes:;Thou hast caused [my heart to be satisfied] with the 21 (deben) of silver of the treasury of Ptah, refined, being 20 (deben) 9 [5/61 1/10 1/30 1/60 1/60 kite of silver, [being] 21 (deben) of silver of the treasury of Ptah, [refined], again, as thy endowment.;To the children whom thou hast borne to me together with the child[ren whom] thou wilt bear to me belong everything which is mine and that which I shall acquire.;Thy eldest son is my eldest son among the children whom thou hast borne together with the children whom thou wilt bear to me. ;I am to give to thee 72 (measures) of [wheat] in [grain], being 48 (measures) of [wheat] in [meal, being 72 (measures) of [wheat] in [grain] again, (and) 2 (deben) 4 kite of sliver of the treasury of Ptah, refined, being 2 (deben) 3 5/6 1/10 1/30 1/60 1/60 kite of silver, being 2 (deben) 4 kite of sliver of the treasury of Ptah, refined, again, (as) thy food and clothing yearly at the house where thou wishest it.;It is thou who art certified (3) in regard to the arrears of thy food and clothing which [will be to my debit, and I will] give it to thee.;Everything which is mine together with that which [I shall acquire (is) the pledge of thy] endowment [aforesaid], together with [the] arrears of thy food and clothing [aforesaid],;I shall not be able to say to thee, �ǣReceive [thy] endowment [aforesaid] from my hand,�ǥ (but) at the time when thou desirest it from me, I shall give it to thee.;I shall not be able to require an oath from thee except in the house in which the judges are.;Onnophris, (son of) PeteȽsis, has written (it).