Fragmentary document from Panopolis, apparently a series of records of payments or loans, one involving a gold earring that the borrower promises to return. It names men called Aurelius and Sarapion and is dated to year 1 of an emperor, AD 217-218.
In English machine translation
[…] four, total […] drachmas of silver […]
[…] …psonios … […]
[…] in the name of […]
[…] through Aurelius […]
[…] Aurelius … […]
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[…] and […]
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[…] ⟦Year 2⟧ Year 1 of Imperator […]
[…] from […]
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[…] of Sarapion from […]
[…] to her an earring of gold of […] quarters
[…] and of new likewise […]
[…] to me, which I will also return […]
[…] ⟦Year 2⟧ Year 1 of Imperator Caesar […]
[… 4 lines lost …]
The scribe twice corrected 'year 2' to 'year 1', probably year 1 of Macrinus (217-218). The genre is uncertain; the text may be a register of loan agreements or pledges.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.