A receipt drawn up as a formal agreement at Hermopolis, in which the officer Hipponikos acknowledges that Dionysios and two women, Sarapias and Isidora, have repaid a loan of 60 artabas of wheat. He promises not to bring any further claim on pain of a fine.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Year […], Dios […], Thoth […], at Hermopolis in the Thebaid.
Hipponikos son of Ptolemaios, Macedonian, hekatontarch of the hegemonia of Artemidoros, of the Akoris garrison, acknowledges to Dionysios son of Kephalas, Macedonian of the same hegemonia, but as […] contracted, Persian of the Epigone, and to Sarapias also called Senabellis, daughter of Heliodoros also called Herieus, and Isidora daughter of Pachois, Persian women, with as guardian the aforementioned Dionysios, that he has received from them the 60 artabas of solid wheat, the loan which he lent them according to the loan contract deposited through the agoranomos office at Hermopolis in the Thebaid in year 12 which is also year 9, Audnaios 7, Hathyr 7; and that neither Hipponikos himself nor anyone else on his behalf will proceed against Dionysios and Sarapias and Isidora nor against those acting for them concerning the aforesaid loan which he has received, nor concerning any part of it, on any pretext; and if he does proceed, the action of Hipponikos and of anyone proceeding on his behalf shall be invalid, and Hipponikos shall pay in addition to Dionysios, for each time he proceeds, a penalty of 20 talents of bronze and the damages, and to the royal treasury […], and nonetheless this agreement shall be valid.
[verso]
Agreement of receipt of a loan by Hipponikos to Dionysios and others, 60 artabas of wheat.
The original loan was dated by the double regnal year 12 = 9, typical of the joint reign of Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X. 'Persian of the Epigone' is a legal status designation with no exact English equivalent.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittance de remboursement du prêt de blé). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.