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Acknowledgement of an advance for irrigating a vineyard near Tasmenthe. A fragmentary acknowledgement by a vineyard cultivator from Hermopolis that he received from the landowners an advance of gold coins for irrigating their vineyard near the village of Tasmenthe, promising to repay it when he gives up cultivating it. It dates to the 6th century AD, in the Hermopolite nome. machine translation
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[…]λ… ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμουπολιτῶν χαίρειν·
ὁμολογῶ ἐσχηκέναι καὶ δεδέχθαι παρʼ ὑμῶν
λόγῳ προχρείας τῆς ἀρδείας τοῦ ὑπʼ ἐμὲ
γεωργουμένου ὑμετέρου χωρίου ἀμπελικοῦ
τοῦ διακειμένου ἐν τόπῳ καλουμένου τοῦ
Γηροματικοῦ ὑπὸ τὴν παραφυλακὴν τῶν
ἀπὸ κώμης Τασμένθην τοῦ Ἑρμουπολίτου
νομοῦ κεφαλαίου χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια τέσσαρα
παρὰ κεράτια εἴκοσι τέσσαρα ζυγῷ Ἑρμουπόλεως
γίνεται χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια δ παρὰ κεράτια κδ καὶ ταῦτα ὁμολογῶ ἑτοίμως
ἔχειν παρασχεῖν σοι μέλλων ἀποστῆναι τῆς
γεωργίας τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὑμετέρου χωρίου ἀμπελικοῦ
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