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Acknowledgement of a loan of 3 solidi by a stableman and his wife, with a guarantor TM 17919Oxyrhynchos7. März 601

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Fragment of a loan acknowledgement from Oxyrhynchus dated 7 March 601. A stableman, Apa Sion, and his wife Thekla, with Justina as guarantor, acknowledge a debt of 3 solidi to Theophilos, grandson of Apollos, chartularius of the estate of the late Justus Eudaimon.

In English machine translation

[recto] † In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour. In the 19th year of the reign of our most divine and most pious master, ⟨greatest⟩ benefactor, Flavius Mauricius New Tiberius, eternal Augustus and Imperator, in the 18th year of the consulship of the same our most pious master, Phamenoth 11, fourth indiction. † To the most admirable Theophilos, grandson of the respected Apollos, chartularius of the house of Justus Eudaimon of glorious memory, from the city of the Oxyrhynchites. The Aurelii Apa Sion, stableman, son of Petronios, mother Helene, from […], and Thekla his wife, daughter of Konstantinos, mother Eustathia, with a guarantor who also stands surety for them for the repayment of the 3 solidi set out below, I, Justina, daughter of me (?) Thekla, from father Damianos, from the same city, we acknowledge that we owe […] are indebted […] […] […] […] [verso] † Contract (?) of Apa Sion, stableman, son of Petronios […] Konstantinos, with a guarantor […]

The text breaks off just after the acknowledgement of debt, so the loan terms are lost. A chartularius was an administrator or secretary of a great household; the phrase 'daughter of me Thekla' appears to be a scribal slip for 'daughter of Thekla'.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of 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.58.3938

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 7. März 601 · Oxyrhynchos

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