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A receipt in which Maron son of Sokrates and Dionysios son of Herakleides acknowledge getting back from the brickmaker Ammonios the shovels and mattocks he had held, since he has been paid for the bricks he moulded for them in the previous thirteenth year. It probably comes from the Arsinoite nome in the later 1st century AD.
The word rendered "price for making" (poētra) is rare and its exact sense is uncertain. The clause about "none in the present year" is partly restored and its meaning is unclear.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Récupération d'outils de briquetiers). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Μάρων Σωκράτους καὶ Διονύσιος Ἡρακλείδου ἀπέχoμεν παρὰ Ἀμμωνίου ἃς εἶχε ἡμῶν ἄμας καὶ δικέλλας διὰ τὸ καὶ αὐτὸν ἀπεσχηκέναι τὰ πόητρα ἧς ἐπλίνθευσε ἡμῖν πλίνθου τῷ διεληλυθότι τρεισκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει καὶ οὐδεμίαν τῷ παρόντι μέχρι τῆς ἐνεστώσης ἡμέρας. Μάρων ἔγραψα τὰ πλεῖστα . Διονύσ…
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