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Acknowledgement of debt for wine bought on credit from Flavius Olympios TM 16035Herakleopolis25. Jan. 475

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A credit sale agreement in which Aurelius Jonas Skim, a fisherman of Herakleopolis, acknowledges owing the landowner and comes Flavius Olympios (acting through his wine-seller Julius Anoubion) one gold solidus less three carats for wine bought. He promises to pay in Mecheir of the 13th indiction; the document was drawn up on 25 January 475.

In English machine translation

[recto] † After the consulship of our master Flavius Leo the Younger, the eternal Augustus, for the 1st time, Tybi 30 of the fortunate thirteenth indiction, in Herakleopolis. To Flavius Olympios, the most illustrious and admirable comes of the sacred consistory, landowner in the Herakleopolite nome, through Julius Anoubion, your wine-seller, Aurelius Jonas Skim, son of Ioannes […]iabenis, from the same city, fisherman of large […], greetings. I acknowledge by this my written security that I have in my possession and owe you, for the price of the wine which I bought from you, tested by me […], which I also carried off to my own […], one sound single gold solidus less three carats on the principal, by the public standard, total 1 gold solidus less 3 carats on the principal, which I shall also repay to you in good faith in the coming month of Mecheir of the same thirteenth indiction, without delay or dispute, and it shall not be permitted to defer the deadline for repayment, all my property being pledged for this. […] and having been asked, I agreed. Aurelius Jonas Skim […] [… lines lost …] [verso] † Friendly (agreement) of Jonas Skim, fisherman […]

The comes of the sacred consistory was an honorary high court rank. The solidus 'less three carats' means the sum owed was one gold coin minus 3 of its 24 carats.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sale of Wine on Credit). 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 · 25. Jan. 475 · Herakleopolis

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