p.oxy.34.2721 10. Okt. 234Oxyrhynchites

Aurelius Ptollion son of Barbaros and Aurelius Heras son of Heras, both presidents of the men feasting in the village of Nesmeimis, and Antinoos son of Hermias, chief piper and head for this purpose of three pipers and one castanet-dancer (woman), mutually agree: Ptollion and his associate have engaged Antinoos with his whole band to perform for the men holding the festival for four days of feasts, from the 11th of the next month Hathyr of the present year, at a wage for each day of 50 drachmas and 12 pairs of loaves, 2 kotylai of radish oil besides what goes into the lamp, and one portion, and the customary service, and for all the days one jar of wine, all free of deductions. From the wages Antinoos has received on the spot 20 drachmas by way of earnest money, and they will fetch him together with the others, barring act of god, from the Oxyrhynchite (city) with three donkeys and bring them to the village, and they will provide them with safe and unmolested lodging, and after the four days, having paid them in full all their wages and all extras, they shall necessarily return them on the 15th to the same Oxyrhynchite (city) with the same three donkeys, safe and sound. Antinoos consents to all the above. The agreement, written in duplicate, is valid. Year 14 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Phaophi 13. I, Aurelius Antinoos, consent to all the above.