Receipt issued by the brothers Aurelius Kasios and Aurelius Isidoros, sons of Heras, to the farmer Aurelius Isidoros son of Ptolemaios, acknowledging full payment of rent for land he farmed from them in the territory of Karanis. It is dated 25 December 306 at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Aurelii Kasios and Isidoros, both sons of Heras son of Petoubestis, and however they are styled,
to Aurelius Isidoros son of Ptolemaios, farmer, greeting. We have received
from you the rent of the arouras of ours that you farm in the boundary district
of Karanis in the 6th sphragis, for the
current periods up to the past
14th year and 2nd year, in full, and having been asked the formal question we have agreed.
I, Aurelius Kasios, wrote the whole.
Year 15 and 3 and 1 of our lords
Maximianus and Severus
Augusti and of Maximinus and
Constantine the most illustrious Caesars, Choiak 29.
A sphragis was a numbered land parcel or survey block within a village's territory. The regnal formula names Maximianus (Galerius) and Severus as Augusti and Maximinus and Constantine as Caesars, reflecting the official dating of the time.
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.