A receipt issued by four animal-keepers of the village of Narmouthis, through their agent Primus, to the public bankers Deius and Sabinus. It acknowledges payment of 228 drachmas 2 obols for transporting about 28 1/2 artabas of wheat from the granaries of the Polemon division to the harbours. Written at Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite nome in AD 155.
In English machine translation
To Deius and Sabinus, former gymnasiarchs, and partners, public bankers,
from Neilos son of Akes and Heron also called Peter and Neilos son of Heron and Neilos son of Herakles, the four animal-keepers of the village of Narmouthis, through Primus, appointed by them. We have received from you the sums authorized for us by Ptolemaios, royal scribe of the division of Polemon, acting as deputy for the office of strategos, for transport charges for wheat which we brought down from the granaries of the division of Polemon to the harbours, for work done under the royal scribe, of the produce of the 17th year, 28 1/2 1/24 artabas of wheat, at the price per artaba according to the orders of 8 drachmas, totalling 228 drachmas of silver and 2 obols, total 228 drachmas 2 obols, from the account of the administration: Neilos 6 1/2 1/3 artabas, Heron also called Peter 6 1/2 1/3 1/12 artabas, and Neilos 7 1/6 artabas, and Neilos 7 1/8 artabas. Total as above.
I, Primus, appointed by the aforementioned, have received the 228 drachmas 2 obols of silver, as stated above. Year 18 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Mecheir 25.
The individual shares listed do not sum exactly to the stated total. The transport payment (phoretra) was made from state administration (dioikesis) funds through the public bank.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.