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Receipt for repayment of a debt in new coinage TM 16901Antinoopolis ?17. Sept. 289

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A receipt in which Aurelius Polydeukes, a citizen of Antinoopolis, acknowledges receiving from another Antinoite, Aurelius Hermeias(?), 1,000 drachmas of new coinage against a debt of 1,000 drachmas of Ptolemaic silver. It is dated 17 September 289, under Diocletian and Maximian.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Polydeukes son of Horion, Antinoite, of the tribe Paulinios also called Megalisios, to Aurelius Hermeia[…]to[…], son of […]ntes(?), from the same city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you, out of the 1,000 drachmas of silver of Ptolemaic coinage which you owe me, 1,000 drachmas of new coinage. The receipt, written in a single copy, is valid, and having been asked the formal question by you I gave my assent. Year 6 of Diocletian and year 5 of Maximian, the Augusti, Thoth 20. (2nd hand?) I, Aurelius Polydeukes son of Horion, have received the 1,000 drachmas of the new coinage.

"Ptolemaic silver" was the standard term for the Egyptian tetradrachm currency; the "new coinage" probably refers to issues following Diocletian's monetary changes. The debtor's name and patronymic are partly illegible.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Repayment of a Loan). 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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p.oxy.31.2587

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 17. Sept. 289 · Antinoopolis ?

Αὐρήλιος Πολυδεύκης Ὡρίωνος Ἀντινοεύς, φυλῆς Παυλινίου τοῦ καὶ Μεγαλισίου Ἀυρηλίῳ Ἑρμεια…το …ντους ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ ἀπεσχηκέναι παρά σου ἀφʼ ὧν μοι ὀφείλεις ἀργυρίου Πτολεμαϊκοῦ νομίσματος δραχμῶν χιλίων καινοῦ νομίσματος δραχμὰς χιλίας . κυρία ἡ ἀποχὴ ἁπλῆ γ…