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Apprenticeship of a boy to a weaver at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 11361Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)13. Nov. 188

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An apprenticeship contract in which Taseus, acting with her guardian Satabous, places her son Stotoetis, also called Myron, with the elderly Paouetis of Soknopaiou Nesos to learn weaving for 20 months. The mother is forbidden to take the boy away before the term ends, under a penalty; the rest is lost. It dates to AD 188 under Commodus.

In English machine translation

Taseus daughter of Soterichos (?), aged 30, with her guardian Satabous son of Stotoetis, aged 30, from the village of Soknopaiou Nesos, has given out to Paouetis son of Paouetis, aged 80, her own son, named Stotoetis also called Myron, to learn the weaver's craft for 20 months from Tybi 10 of the Egyptian months of the present 29th year of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord; and Taseus is not permitted to withdraw the boy within the period; if she withdraws him, she shall pay as a penalty [...] [...]

The text gives the mother's father as Soterios; the contract breaks off at the penalty clause. The 20-month term runs from Tybi 10 of Commodus' 29th year.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 13. Nov. 188 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

ἐξέδοτο Τασεὺς Σωτήριος ἐτῶν τριάκοντα μετὰ κυρίου Σαταβοῦτος Στοτοήτιος ἐτῶν τριάκοντα ἀπὸ κώμης Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Παουήτι Παουήτιος ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τὸν ἑαυτῆς παῖδα ὄνομα Στοτοῆτις ἐπικαλούμενος Μύρωνα μαθεῖν τὴν γερδιακὴν τέχνην ἐπὶ μῆνας εἴκοσι ἀπὸ Τῦβι δεκάτης Αἰγυπτίων μηνὸς…