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An acknowledgment of receipt of 17 1/2 talents as the price of 150 artabas of beans, which are to be delivered on June 13th of the same year. The purchaser is Aurelius Nilus, a veteran and former centurion. The seller is Isidorus, son of Ptolemaeus.
ὁμολογεῖ Αὐρήλιος Ἰσίδωρος Πτολεμαίου μητρὸς Ἡρωίδος ἀπὸ κώμης Καρανίδος ὡς ἐτῶν με οὐλὴ ἀντικνημίῳ δεξιῷ Αὐρηλίῳ Νείλῳ οὐετρανῷ τῶν ἐντίμως ἀπολελυμένων ἀπὸ ἑκατοντάρχων ἔχειν παρʼ αὐτοῦ ὁ ὁμολογῶν διὰ χειρὸς ἀργυρίου κεφαλαίου τάλαντα δεκαεπτὰ καὶ δραχμὰς τρισχιλίαςτρισχειλίας …
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