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Receipt for a part payment of 200 drachmas on a debt TM 19987unbekannt31. Mai 188

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A receipt in which Heron son of Heron, a former exegetes (municipal magistrate), acknowledges receiving 200 drachmas on account from Sotas son of Ptolemaios toward a debt owed jointly with others. He reserves his rights to the remaining sums. Dated 31 May 188 under Commodus.

In English machine translation

Heron son of Heron, former exegetes, to Sotas son of Ptolemaios, greetings. I have received from you, on account, out of what you owe me together with others, 200 drachmas, total 200 drachmas, without prejudice to my claims regarding the other sums you (plural) owe me. Year 28 of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord, Pauni 6.

The exegetes was a senior magistrate of an Egyptian metropolis. The receipt is issued to one debtor, but the reservation clause addresses the debtors in the plural.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 31. Mai 188

Ἥρων Ἥρωνος ἐξηγητεύσας Σώτατι Πτολεμαίου χαίρειν· ἔσχον παρὰ σοῦ ἀφʼ ὧν ὀφείλεις μοι σὺν ἑτέροις ἐπὶ λόγου δραχμὰς διακοσίας γίνονται δραχμαὶ σ μὴ ἐλαττουμένου μου ὑπὲρ ὧν ἄλλων ὀφείλετέ μοι· ἔτους ὀγδόου καὶ εἰκοστοῦ Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Παῦνι ϛ.