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Receipt for wages of a work-supervisor of estate hamlets TM 17579Oxyrhynchos14. Juni 519

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A receipt in which Aurelius Isak, work-supervisor of the hamlets of Neophytou and Anousia, acknowledges receiving his annual wages of 2 gold solidi for the twelfth indiction from Aurelius Menas, steward of the estates. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in 519 by a scribe on behalf of the illiterate Isak and drawn up by a notary.

In English machine translation

[recto] † In the consulship of our master Flavius Justinus, the eternal Augustus, for the 1st time, Pauni 20, indiction 12. Aurelius Isak son of Phoibammon, his mother being Eirene, residing here in the splendid city of the Oxyrhynchites, work-supervisor of the hamlets of Neophytou and Anousia, to Aurelius Menas son of […], from the city of the Oxyrhynchites, steward of the said estates, greeting. I acknowledge that I have received from you and been paid in full our wages for the post of work-supervisor which I hold, for […] two solidi, and for the present twelfth indiction, that is two solidi of gold, total 2 gold solidi. And as proof of the payment made to me by you of the same two solidi of my wages for the same twelfth indiction, I have made this receipt, which is valid, written in a single copy, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Aurelius Isak son of Phoibammon, the aforementioned, have received and been paid in full our wages of the two solidi for the twelfth indiction, and everything is agreeable to me as stated above. I, Aurelius Serenos son of Apphous, having been asked, wrote on his behalf since he is illiterate. ☧ Through me, […]neilos, notary […] […] […] [verso] † Receipt of Isak son of Phoibammon, work-supervisor, from the city of the Oxyrhynchites […]

The ergodioktes (work-supervisor) was a foreman overseeing labour on a large estate; the notary's signature lines at the end, partly in Latin letters, are largely illegible.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Wages). 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.57.3914

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 14. Juni 519 · Oxyrhynchos

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