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Contract placing a dependant in service in return for food and clothing TM 16136Hermopolis15. Juli 561

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A labour contract from Hermopolis dated 15 July 561. Psas son of Menas, from the village of Thynis, having fallen into hardship and unable to support himself, hands over a dependant (apparently a girl) to Aurelius K[…], son of Phoibammon, who will feed and clothe her in return for her work; Psas promises not to take her back and give her to someone else.

In English machine translation

[recto] † After the consulship of Flavius Basilius, the most glorious, year twentieth, Epeiph 21, tenth indiction. † To Aurelius K[…], the most admirable, son of Phoibammon, from this city of Hermes (Hermopolis), Aurelius Psas son of Menas, mother Thaesi[…], originating from the village of Thynis in the Hermopolite nome, but at present found and staying here in the same city of the Hermopolites for the making of this agreement, greetings. I, the aforementioned Psas, acknowledge through this my written security the things set out below […] having fallen into […] and being unable to support myself and […] I brought to your admirableness this (girl?) […] to support and clothe her in return for the work performed […] requests to do this […] written security from me that I will not […] to take her and hand her over to another […] […] [verso] Agreement made by Psas son of Menas […]

The person handed over is referred to only by a feminine pronoun; her identity (probably a daughter) is lost in the gaps. The date is by the post-consulate of Basilius (year 20) and the tenth indiction.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Dienstvertrag). 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 · 15. Juli 561 · Hermopolis

[r] † μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Φλαυίου Βασιλείου τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου ἔτους εἰκοστοῦ, Ἐπεὶφ κα, δεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος. † Αὐρηλίῳ Κ[…] τῷ θαυμασιωτάτῳ υἱῷ Φοιβάμμωνος ἀπὸ ταύτης τῆς Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως Αὐρήλιος Ψᾶς υἱὸς Μηνᾶ μητρὸς Θαήσι… ……ὁρμώμενος μὲν ἀπὸ κώμης Θύνεως τοῦ Ἑρμουπολίτου νομοῦ, τὸ νῦν…