A receipt drawn up at Karanis in AD 172 in which Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios acknowledges that Pakysis son of Onnophris has repaid 152 silver drachmas and a quantity of wheat owed under an earlier agreement registered at Bakchias. The original agreement is handed back for cancellation and Ptolemaios renounces further claims; a scribe signs for him as he cannot write.
In English machine translation
Year 12 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Medicus {Armeniacus} Parthicus Maximus, Phamenoth 1, at Karanis in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios son of […], his mother being […], from the village of Karanis, aged about […], with a scar […] in the middle, acknowledges to Pakysis son of Onnophris son of Satabous, aged about 20, with a scar on the left knee, that he, the acknowledging party, has received from Pakysis by hand 152 silver drachmas and, by the six-choinix measure, […] artabas of wheat, which he owed him under an agreement executed on the 5th of the month Hadrianos through the record office of the village of Bakchias, which agreement Ptolemaios, the acknowledging party, has also returned to Pakysis for annulment and cancellation together with its supplementary entries […]; and that neither Ptolemaios nor those acting for him will make any claim or proceed against Pakysis or those acting for him concerning anything from past times up to the present day in any way […].
I, Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios, acknowledge that I have received from Pakysis the 152 silver drachmas and the […] artabas of wheat, as stated above. I, Pasion son of Petheus, wrote on his behalf because he is illiterate.
The roles appear inverted in places: Pakysis is evidently the debtor repaying Ptolemaios, the creditor. Hadrianos was an honorific month name corresponding to Choiak; the amount of wheat is 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.