A series of receipts issued to Isidoros son of Ptolemaios and others for money payments made in lieu of wheat (the price of wheat) and for a wine levy (annona), at Karanis and Hiera Nikolaou in the Arsinoite nome. The payments are signed by a former gymnasiarch, assistants and a tax collector between AD 291 and 294.
In English machine translation
[1]
Year 7 and 6 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti, Tybi 25. Isidoros son of Ptolemaios has paid, for the price of wheat of the produce of year 5 and year 4, for the aposphora (?) of the village of Karanis, 800 drachmas of silver, total 800 dr. I, Aurelius Masculinus, former gymnasiarch, have signed.
And through Pateieis, for the sowing of year 5 and year 4, 400 drachmas, total 400 dr. I, Aurelius Masculinus, former gymnasiarch, have signed. I, Aurelius Athanasios, through Kepion, assistant, have signed for the 800 drachmas as aforesaid.
In the consulship of our lords Constantius and Maximian, the most illustrious Caesars, year 10 and year nine of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and year 2 of our lords Constantius and Maximian, the most illustrious Caesars, Mesore 28. Sarapion son of Onnophris has paid for the price of wheat of the produce of year 9 and year 8 and year 1, of the village of Hiera Nikolaou, 400 drachmas, total 400 dr. I, Aurelius Philadelphos, through me Melas, have signed.
[2]
Year 11 and year 10 and year 3, Hathyr 22. Isidoros has paid in the name of Sarapion son of Onnophris, for the decreed annona of wine of the produce of year 2, 316 drachmas, total 316, and the freight charges for these, through me Horion, collector, and I have signed.
The document contains three receipts dated 20 January 291, 21 August 294 and 18 November 294. 'Price of wheat' (timē pyrou) refers to a tax payment made in money instead of grain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipts for τιμὴ πυροῦ and οἴνου). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.