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Contract with a horse-trainer
Description
Contract in which Aurelius Serenus undertakes the superintendence of the racing stable belonging to Fl. Serenus, a comes, for one year. The terms of the agreement are: (i) Aurelius was to discharge his duties regularly and with the utmost care, unless prevented by illness. (ii) Aurelius was to receive for himself and the grooms 80 bushels of wheat, 9 gold solidi for barley and vegetables, 80 jars of wine, and half a solidus for green-stuff. (iii) A sum of 4 1/2 solidi was paid to Aurelius as earnest-money, which he was to pay back doubled in the event of his retiring from service before the year was out, and to keep if dismissed without just cause. This document is by the same scribe as P.Oxy. I 133.
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Oxyrhynchus
Cross-references (5)
- TM-Text 20779 primary
- APIS-Text oxford-ipap.apis.1711 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;1;140 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy.1.140 tier-1
- HGV-Text 20779 tier-1
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