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A bank order (cheque) from Mnesitheos son of Mnesitheos to the banker Epagathos, instructing him to pay 400 silver drachmas to the orator Licinnius for speeches honouring an Aurelius in the gymnasium of the Great Serapeum. The orator adds his receipt. Dated 20 October AD 110, probably from Hermopolis.
The text is a cheque-like payment order (chrematismos) addressed to a bank, with the payee's acknowledgement of receipt. The type of bank and the full names of the orator and the honoured Aurelius are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ein Scheck für einen Festredner). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Μνησίθεος Μνησιθέου Ἐπαγάθωι ἔχοντι τὴν μ[…]…π τράπεζαν χαίρειν. χρημάτισον Λικιννίωι Δρ[…] ῥήτορι τὸ ἐπιβάλλον αὐτῶι λόγων διʼ ὧν ἐτιμήθη Αὐρήλιος[…] τῆι ιβ τοῦ Φαῶφι μηνὸς ἐν τῶι γυμνασίωι ἐν τῶι Μεγάλωι Σεραπείωι ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς τετρακοσίας γίνονται δραχμαὶ υ. ἔτους τεσσαρεσκ…
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