Receipt for Wages
An acknowledgment by Tanouphis, daughter of Patas, that she has received from Isidorus, son of Ptolemaeus, wages which her son has earned by acting as a substitute for Isidorus in the performance of a liturgy.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 10332
Receipt for wages of a son serving as substitute for Isidoros TM 10332Kom Aushim (Karanis)317 A.D.
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A receipt in which Aurelia Tanouphis of Karanis acknowledges that Aurelius Isidoros paid her the wages earned by her son, who worked as his substitute in some compulsory labour, and renounces further claims. It was written by Aurelius Mysthes because she was illiterate, in AD 317.
In English machine translation
Aurelia Tanouphis daughter of Patas, from the village of Karanis, to Aurelius Isidoros son of Ptolemaios, greetings.
I have received from you the wages of my son […] (serving) in your place for the work of the Pe[…]sion(?) and I have no claim against you concerning any other matter whatsoever […].
The receipt is valid as set out above.
In the consulship of Gallicanus and Bassus, viri clarissimi.
I, Aurelia Tanouphis, have received the wages of my son as set out above. I, Aurelius Mysthes, wrote on her behalf since she is illiterate.
The son appears to have performed a liturgy (compulsory public service) in Isidoros' place; the name of the work site is damaged.
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 Wages). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.isid.123
Αὐρηλία Τανοῦφις Πατᾶ ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανείδος Αὐρηλίῳ Ἰσιδώρῳ Πτολεμαίου χαίρειν. ἔσχον παρὰ σοῦ τοὺς μισθοὺς τοῦ υἱοῦ μου αν…[…]…[…] ἀντὶ σοῦ εἰς τὴν ἐργασίαν τοῦ Πε[…]σίων καὶ οὐδένα λόγον ἔχω πρὸς ἐσὲ περὶ ἄλλου ἁπλῶς πράγματος[…] ἡ ἀποχὴ κυρία ὡς πρόκιται. ὑπατείας Γαλλικανοῦ κα…