An acknowledgement of debt in which Aurelius Pheous, a farmer from Thynis in the Hermopolite nome, admits owing gold solidi to a monastery on the northern rock of Antinoopolis for arrears of rent from the third indiction. He promises to pay at the start of Thoth, and a scribe signs for him because he cannot write.
In English machine translation
To the legal entity of the pious monastery of the northern rock of this city of the Antinoites, formerly of apa Sabinos and apa Athanasios, through you, Kollouthos, most reverent priest and superior of the same holy rock, Aurelius Pheous son of Horos, his mother being Sophia, farmer, originating from the village of Thynis in the Hermopolite nome, and present here in this city of the Antinoites. I acknowledge by this my written security that I owe and am indebted to you, for the arrears of the rents in produce of the third indiction, [...] gold solidi [...] less 6 carats each by the public standard, total [...] gold solidi less [...] carats by the public standard, and these
I am ready to pay
to you at the new moon of the month Thoth of the present third indiction without dispute, and for your security
I have made this security for you with the subscription of the one who signs on my behalf, as stated above. I, Aurelius Pheous
son of Horos, the aforementioned farmer, agree to this security [and I will repay] the solidi within the term [as stated above. I, Aurelius] [...]
son of Isidoros, from Antinoopolis, having been asked, wrote on his behalf since he is illiterate. Written Pachon 24, indiction 3 [...]
The amount of the debt is lost. Solidi 'less 6 carats' means coins counted short of full weight by that many carats on the public standard.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Schuldschein). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.