A receipt in which a vegetable seller of Hermopolis, Aurelius Sar[…], son of Dionysios, acknowledges payment of 32 silver drachmas from the strategos Aurelius Sarapion also called Apollonianus. The sum covered four months (Tybi to Pharmouthi) of plucked vegetables at 8 drachmas a month, paid through the strategos' freedman Theon and a bank. Dated 28 March 219.
In English machine translation
To Aurelius Sarapion also called Apollonianus, strategos of the Hermopolite nome,
from Aurelius Sar[…], son of Dionysios, his mother being […], of Hermopolis, registered in the […] quarter on the west side, vegetable seller, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received through Theon, your freedman, the price of the plucked vegetables which I supplied from the month of Tybi of the present year 2 up to and including Pharmouthi of the same year 2, at 8 drachmas per month, making for the four months a total of 32 silver drachmas, total 32 drachmas, which I have received through the bank of Sosias, banker, south of the Tetrastylon on the paved street.
Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus, Pharmouthi 2.
I, Aurelius Sar[…], son of Dionysios, have received as stated above […]
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The emperor named is Elagabalus, styled Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. The payment covers Pharmouthi in full although the receipt is dated on the 2nd of that month, so it was paid in advance.
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 Payment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.