A receipt in which the veteran Aurelius Julius Lykarion acknowledges that Longinia Nemesilla, acting with her brother Valerius Turbo as guardian, has repaid her share of a joint loan of money, wheat and vegetable seed secured on 5 arouras near Philadelphia. His claim for the barley and the rest owed by Turbo remains open. It was written at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome in AD 231.
In English machine translation
Aurelius Julius Lykarion, veteran, and however I am styled, to Longinia Nemesilla, with her guardian, her brother Valerius Turbo, greeting. I have received from you, of what you owe me jointly with your brother Turbo under a note of hand executed through the local record office in the fourth year, Mesore 30, on mutual security, namely 240 drachmas of silver, 4 artabas of wheat, 45 artabas of barley and 11 measures of vegetable seed, on the mortgage of the 5 arouras belonging to you near the village of Philadelphia in the division of Herakleides of the Arsinoite nome, in two plots, the share falling to you of the 240 drachmas of silver, the 4 artabas of wheat and the 11 measures of vegetable seed, my claim remaining regarding the 45 artabas of barley and whatever else I hold under this note of hand against Turbo.
I, Julius Lykarion, have received from Nemesilla the share falling to her of the 240 drachmas of silver, the 4 artabas of wheat and the 11 measures of vegetable seed, and I have made the acknowledgement as stated above.
Year 11 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Thoth 13.
The loan was made 'on mutual security' (ex allelengyes), meaning each borrower was liable for the whole debt. 'Vegetable seed' (lachanosperma) usually denotes oil-producing seed such as rape.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung über Teilrückzahlung eines gemischten Darlehens). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.