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Receipt for partial repayment of a deposit owed to the writer's father TM 19956unbekannt5. März 105

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A receipt in which Heraklas son of Petheus acknowledges receiving 220 silver drachmas from Mikkados son of Ptolemaios, as part payment of a debt owed to Heraklas' father under a deposit agreement. It is dated to the 8th year of Trajan, 5 March 105.

In English machine translation

Heraklas son of Petheus to Mikkados son of Ptolemaios, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you, out of what you owe my father under a handwritten contract of deposit, 220 drachmas of silver, (drachmas) 220. Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, month of Phamenoth 9.

A 'deposit' (parathēkē) contract was often used in Roman Egypt as a form of loan. Provenance is not recorded; the papyrus is held in the British Library, London.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 5. März 105

Ἡρακλᾶς Πεθέως Μικκάδου Πτολεμαίου χαίρειν· ὁμολογῶ ἔχειν με παρὰ σοῦ ἀφʼ ὧν ὄφειλεις τοῦ πατρός μου κατὰ χειρόγραφον παραθήκης ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς διακοσίας εἴκοσι δραχμὰς σκ. ἔτους ὀγδόου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Νέρουα Τραιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Δακικοῦ μηνὸς Παμενὼθ θ.