A receipt issued by the landowner Aurelia Charite of Hermopolis to Flavius Doratianus, a cavalryman of the Mauri scutarii, for her half share of the harvest from 10 arouras he farmed for her on a sharecropping basis. It dates to 27 May 348.
In English machine translation
Aurelia Charite daughter of Amazonios, from Hermopolis the most splendid city, literate, acting without a guardian by the right of children, to Flavius Doratianus, cavalryman of the Mauri scutarii stationed in the same Hermopolis under Almesianus the praepositus, greetings.
I have received from you my half share of the crop of the ten arouras of mine which you farmed on half shares in place of rent, namely 3 arouras near Ammon, and 7 arouras in the marsh by the Nekrike canal, from the produce of the fortunate 7th indiction, in full, all public taxes of every kind being my responsibility as the landowner. The receipt is valid, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent.
In the consulship of Flavius Philippus, most illustrious prefect of the sacred praetorium, and Flavius Salias, most illustrious master of the cavalry, Pauni 2.
I, Aurelia Charite, have been paid in full as stated above.
The "right of children" (ius liberorum) allowed a woman with enough children to act legally without a male guardian. The lease was a sharecropping arrangement, the half share of the crop standing in place of a money rent.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung für bezahlte Pacht). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.