Receipt 319AD
Aurelia Aleka acknowledges receipt of 2 years rent of some land belonging to her and confirms the validity of the contract
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Receipt from Aurelia Aleka to her tenant for two years' rent and taxes TM 10540Karanis (Arsinoites)319 CE
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A receipt in which the landowner Aurelia Aleka acknowledges that her tenant Aurelius Atisios has paid in full the rent for her land near Karanis for two years, including wheat, barley and money taxes he paid on her behalf. It was written at Karanis in January 319, by a scribe since she could not write.
In English machine translation
Aurelia Aleka, daughter of Apollonios, her mother being Er…ile, from the Phremi quarter, acting without a guardian by the right of children,
to Aurelius Atisios son of Leonides,
greetings. I have received from you the rent of the arouras of mine that you farm in the boundary district of Karanis, for the produce of the fifth and sixth indiction, together with what you measured out on my behalf in wheat and barley and money taxes, in full, the lease remaining valid, and having been asked the formal question I have agreed.
In the year after the consulship of our lords Licinius Augustus for the 5th time and Crispus the most illustrious Caesar for the 1st time, Tybi 26.
I, Aurelia Aleka, have received the rents in full as stated above.
I, Aurelius Ision son of Paesios, wrote on her behalf since she is illiterate.
The 'right of children' (ius liberorum) allowed a woman with enough children to act legally without a male guardian. The date uses a post-consular formula, counting from the consulship of the previous year.
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 and Taxes). 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.col.7.185
Αὐρηλία Ἀλέκα Ἀπολλωνίου μητρὸς Ερ…ιλης ἀπὸ ἀμφόδου Φρεμὶ χωρὶς κυρίου χρηματίζουσα τέκνων δικαίῳ Αὐρηλίῳ Ἀτισίῳ Λεωνίδου χαίρειν· ἀπέσχον παρὰ σοῦ τὸ ἐκφόριον ὧν γεωργεῖς μου ἀρουρῶν περὶ ὁριοδικτίαν Καρανίδος ὑπὲρ γενήματος πέμπτης καὶ ἕκτης ἰνδικτίονος σὺν οἷς ἐμέτρησας ὑπὲρ ἐ…