Receipt issued by several Aurelii (one apparently named Pasigenes) to the farmer Aurelius Isidoros for rent in full on land he farmed in the territory of Karanis for the regnal years 10, 9 and 2. They also promise not to claim rent for the preceding year, since the previous owner had already collected it. Written in the Arsinoite nome on 27 November 298.
In English machine translation
Aurelii […] Isidoros […] Pasigenes […]
to Aurelius Isidoros, farmer, greetings. We have received from you the rent for the arouras of ours which you farmed in the village boundary-area of Karanis, in the sixth sphragis, for year 10 and year 9 and year 2, in full; and neither we nor anyone on our behalf will make any claim against you concerning year 9 and year 8 and year 1, because the previous owner received the rent from you in full; and having been formally asked, we have agreed.
I, Aurelius Kasios, wrote the whole.
Year 15 and 14 and 7 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars, Choiak 1.
The triple year numbers reflect the simultaneous regnal counts of the Tetrarchs (Diocletian, Maximian, and the Caesars). A sphragis was a numbered survey division of village land.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Rent). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.