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p.oxy.63.4353 14. Apr. 304Oxyrhynchos

Advance from a Master Weaver to an Employee via HGV-meta

Advance on wages from a carpet-workshop foreman to a weaver. A contract from Oxyrhynchus in which the carpet-weaver Aurelius Heraklas acknowledges receiving an advance of 2 talents from Aurelius Kephalon, foreman of a carpet-weaving workshop, in return for working there at 120 drachmas a day. If he leaves the workshop he must repay the advance at once; a literate man signs for him because he cannot write. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

ἐπὶ ὑπάτων τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Αὐτοκρατόρων Διοκλητιανοῦ τὸ θ καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ τὸ η Σεβαστῶν. […] Αὐρήλιος Ἡρακλᾶς Ζωϊλᾶτος μητρὸςΤααφύγχιος ἀπὸ τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχιτων πόλεως, ταπητόυφος τὴν τέχνην, Αὐρηλίῳ Κεφάλωνι Ἀμμωνίου …[…] τος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως, ἐπιστάτῃ ἐργαστηρίου τῆς αὐτῆς τέχνης, χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ ἐσχηκέναι παρὰ σοῦ ἐν προχρείᾳ ἀργυρίου τάλαντα δύο, γίνονται τάλαντα β, ἐφʼ ᾧτʼ ἐμὲ συνεργάσασθαί σοι ἐν ᾧ ἔχεις ἐργαστηρίῳ ταπητουφικῷ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ πόλει λαμβάνοντα παρὰ σοῦ ἡμερησίως ὑπὲρ μισθοῦ ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι , καὶ μὴ ἐξεῖναί μοι ἐγκαταλείπειν τὸ ἐργαστήριον. ἐὰν δὲ ἐγκαταλείψω, πάραυτα ἐκτείσω σοι τὰ προκείμενα τοῦ ἀργυρίου τάλαντα δύο ἄνευ τόκου καὶ ἄνευ πάσης ὑπερθέσεως καὶ εὑρησιλογίας, γινομένης σοι τῆς πράξεως παρά τε ἐμοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων μοι πάντων. κύριον τὸ τῆς προχρείας χειρόγραφον ἁπλοῦν γραφὲν πανταχῇ ἐπιφερόμενον καὶ παντὶ τῷ ὑπὲρ σοῦ ἐπιφέροντι καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. ἔτους κ καὶ ἔτους ιβ τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Διοκλητιανοῦ καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ Σεβαστῶν καὶ Κωνσταντίου καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων Καισάρων, Φαρμοῦθι ιθ. Αὐρήλιος Ἡρακλᾶς ἔσχον τὰ τῆς προχρείας τάλαντα δύο καὶ ἀποδώσω ὡς πρόκειται καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. Αὐρήλιος Ἀγαθὸς Δαίμων Διονυσίου ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ἀξιωθεὶς φαμένου μὴ εἰδέναι γράμματα.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
In the consulship of our lords the Emperors Diocletian for the 9th time and Maximian for the 8th time, Augusti. […] Aurelius Heraklas son of Zoilas, his mother being Taaphynchis, from the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites, carpet-weaver by trade, to Aurelius Kephalon son of Ammonios […], from the same city, foreman of a workshop of the same trade, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you as an advance 2 talents of silver, total 2 talents, on condition that I work with you in the carpet-weaving workshop which you have in the same city, receiving from you daily as wages 120 drachmas of silver, and that I may not abandon the workshop. If I do abandon it, I shall immediately repay you the aforesaid 2 talents of silver without interest and without any delay or evasion, you having the right of execution against me and against all my property. This note of hand for the advance, written in a single copy, is valid wherever it is produced and for anyone who produces it on your behalf, and in answer to the formal question I gave my assent. Year 20 and year 12 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian, Augusti, and Constantius and Maximian, the most illustrious Caesars, Pharmouthi 19. I, Aurelius Heraklas, have received the 2 talents of the advance and shall repay them as stated above, and in answer to the formal question I gave my assent. I, Aurelius Agathos Daimon son of Dionysios, wrote on his behalf at his request, since he said he does not know letters.

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