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A receipt in which a woman, Ammonous, acting with her brother Ptollas as guardian, acknowledges that her tenant Apeilas has paid the rent of 8 artabas of barley for 1 1/2 arouras near Psenarpsenesis. It comes from the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 3rd century AD.
The 'six-choinix measure of Karanis' is a local standard measure for grain. The text breaks off at the beginning of the subscription, so the remaining lines are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀμμωνοῦς Ἀπειλᾶτι χαίρειν μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν Πτολλᾶτος τοῦ Πάπου ὁμολογῶ ἀπεσχηκέναι τὰ ἐκφόρια ὧν γεωργεῖς μου περὶ Ψεναρψενῆσιν ἀρούρης μιᾶς ἡμίσους ἢ ὅσον ἐὰν ᾖ αἱ εἴσιν ἀρτάβαι κριθῆς ὀκτὼ μέτρῳ ἑξαχοινίκῳ Καρανίδος καὶ οὐδέν σοι ἐνκαλῶ περὶ τῶν προκειμένων ἀρταβῶν …
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