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Opening of a notarial acknowledgement drawn up at Tebtynis in the 22nd year of Hadrian (AD 137-138), in which Louris son of Heron, and possibly another party, acknowledge something to the elderly Kronion. The document is catalogued as concerning the repayment of a loan, but the operative clauses are lost.
The surviving text breaks off right after the verb 'has received', so what was paid and the exact nature of the transaction are not preserved; the loan-repayment classification comes from the catalogue. The father's name of Kronion is restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Restituzione di prestito). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους δευτέρου καὶ εἰκοστοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ […]α ἐν Τεβτύνι τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου νομοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ […]καὶ Λούρις Ἥρωνος, ὡς ἐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα , οὐλὴ μετώπωι, Κρονίωνι Χεῶτος, ὡς ἐτῶν ἑβδομήκοντα τέσσαρες , οὐλὴ χειρὶ ἀριστερᾷ, ἀπέχε…
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