Fragment of a document from Panopolis, dated AD 217-218, in which someone acknowledges an obligation concerning payment of a price, apparently for silver bracelets and gold items. A man described as son of Kousis and of a mother named Tapse[…] appears in it.
In English machine translation
[…] […]
[…] […] and […]
[…] […]
[…] […] of the tenth year […]
[…] […] for the price of silver(?) […]
[…] as stated above.
[…] […] son of Kousis, mother Tapse[…]
[…] you acknowledge that you will hand over to me for […]
[…] to me for the price of silver bracelets […]
[…] of gold and […]
[…] of the Emperor Caesar […]
[…]
The phrase 'as stated above' suggests a subscription or a second copy of an agreement following the main text. The reference to a 'tenth year' and the imperial titulature point to a regnal dating formula.
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.