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The opening of a copy of a bank payment record from the bank of Sotas son of Herakleides at Dionysias in the Arsinoite nome, dated 11 March AD 116. Ptollas son of Timokrates, living at Theadelphia, pays Stotoetis also called Amatios of the village of Philopator the price of something he is buying; the rest is lost.
The term diekbole (literally 'transfer through') here denotes a bank payment order or record. The object of the sale was named in the lost lines.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Anfang einer einen Kauf betreffenden Bankdiagraphe). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἀντίγραφον διεκβολῆς ἀπὸ τῆς Σώτου τοῦ Ἡρακλείδου τραπέζης Διονυσιάδος. ἔτους ἐννεακαιδεκάτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Νέρουα Τραιανοῦ Ἀρίστου Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Δακικοῦ Φαμενὼθ ιε. Πτολλᾶς Τιμοκράτους τοῦ Φιλώτου ἀναγραφόμενος ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Φανησίου καταγεινόμενος ἐν κώμηι Θεαδελφίᾳ…
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