p.oxy.16.1987 17. Febr. 587Oxyrhynchos

[recto] † In the reign of our most divine and most pious master, greatest benefactor, Flavius Tiberius Mauricius, the eternal Augustus and Emperor, year 5, and in the consulship of the same our most pious master, year 4, Mecheir 23, indiction 5. To the most magnificent heirs of Apion of glorious memory, former protopatricius, landowners also here in the splendid city of the Oxyrhynchites, through Menas the servant, who makes the stipulation and acquires for his own masters, the same most renowned persons, the right of action and obligation, Phoibammon, antekdikos, son of the late Serenos, who signs below with his own hand, from the same city, greetings. Since there has now again been need, for the estate water-wheel under my charge called Pit…[…] Eutar in the holding of Pangouleeios, of one large 'worker' (windlass), and your magnificence, taking forethought for the maintenance of its own affairs, at once supplied this to me through Zacharias the mechanic here, new, serviceable for drawing water and satisfactory, I have received it for the completion of all the machine equipment on this present day, which is Mecheir 23 of the present fifth indiction, for the irrigation of the crops of the sixth indiction, God willing. And as proof of the receipt I have made this written acknowledgement, which is valid though written in a single copy, and having been asked the formal question I have assented. † † I, Phoibammon, son of the late Serenos: this acknowledgement is satisfactory to me as set out above. † Total: 1 large windlass only. […] [verso] † Acknowledgement of Phoibammon the reverend antekdikos, son of the late Serenos, from the city of the Oxyrhynchites, for 1 large windlass.