p.amh.2.140 349Hermopolites

To Aurelius Diokles son of Adelphios, praepositus of the 12th pagus of the Hermopolite nome, from the Aurelii Kornelios son of […]ais and Didymos son of Pitinos and Didymos son of Ammonios, the three sitologoi, and Hatres son of Peues, guarantor of identity for all of them, from the village of Sesonchis in the pagus under you. Since you are inquiring, by order of my lord the most eminent comes and prefect Flavius Strategius, into the account of the money apportioned per aroura for the account of the mines and of what was paid into the public bank, we declare, swearing the divine and venerable oath of our all-conquering masters the Augusti, that we have collected for each aroura 2 talents and 2,060 drachmas of silver, total 2 talents 2,060 drachmas, from which we paid into the public bank 6,682 talents of silver, total 6,682 talents, and likewise for the price of […] and conversion into money (?) […] 2,745 talents, total 2,745 talents, and that we have falsified nothing, or may we be liable to the divine oath and to the danger concerning this; and having been asked the formal question we have declared it. In the consulship of Limenius and Catullinus, the most illustrious, […] 4. We, the aforesaid sitologoi and Hatres the guarantor, have sworn the divine oath as set out above. I, Aurelius Hatres, guarantor, wrote on behalf of the sitologoi since they do not know letters. [verso] […] to the praepositus † Apportionment of the village of Sesonchis. [… 2 lines lost …]