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Acknowledgement of debt for arrears of land rent from Nagogis TM 19758Hermopolites

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An acknowledgement of debt in which Aurelius Kollouthos, a farmer from the village of Nagogis in the Hermopolite nome, admits owing the landowner Flavius Georgios son of Silvanus one gold solidus less 6 carats for arrears of rent, to be repaid without interest on 1 Epeiph. It was written in the Hermopolite nome on Tybi 19 of the 7th indiction, 17 years after the consulship of Basilius.

In English machine translation

[recto] † In the 17th year after the consulship of Flavius Basilius, the most glorious, Tybi 19, of the seventh indiction, 7th indiction. Aurelius Kollouthos son of Kyrakos, who signs below, from the village of Nagogis of the Hermopolite nome, to Flavius Georgios son of Silvanus of blessed memory, the most admirable, from the city of the Hermopolitans, greetings. I, the aforementioned, acknowledge through this my written security that I owe and am indebted to Your Excellency, for the balance of the rents of the arouras of the farm under my cultivation from you, as principal in gold 1 imperial solidus of good quality less 6 carats by the standard of Hermopolis, total 1 gold solidus less 6 carats, and I am ready to pay this to you on the first day of the coming month Epeiph of the eighth indiction, auspicious with God, without interest, without delay and without any dispute. But if the deadline passes and I […] [… lines lost …] [verso] † Future mortgage (?) made by Kollouthos son of Kyrakos from the village of Nagogis.

The postconsular date after Basilius (consul 541) gives AD 558; the solidus 'less 6 carats' means a coin short by 6 of its 24 carats. The verso docket's 'future mortgage' suggests the lost clauses pledged property as security.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Acknowledgement of debt for rent). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.lond.5.1766

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