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A short acknowledgement in letter form in which Harmiysis, also called Heraklas, confirms receiving 16 silver drachmas from Didymos son of Sarapion, the remaining balance connected with a mortgage of Trajan's 3rd year, and promises to repay it promptly on his return. Written at Oxyrhynchus on 4 September AD 103.
The title of Didymos, abbreviated aphrod(isiastes), seems to designate a public official or contractor connected with an Aphrodite cult or with a tax on prostitution; its exact meaning is uncertain. The 'remaining payment of the mortgage' wording is obscure, and the transaction may concern the balance of a mortgage fee.
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 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.
Ἁρμιῦσις ὁ καὶ Ἡρακλᾶς Διδύμῳ Σαραπίωνος δημοσίῳ ἀφροδισιαστῇ χαίρειν. ἔχω παρὰ σοῦ λοιπὸν τέλος ὑποθήκης τῆς ἐπὶ τοῦ γ ἔτους Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς δέκα ἕξ, γίνονται δραχμαὶ ιϛ, ἃς καὶ ἀποδώσω σοι ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων γενόμενος ἀνυπερθέτως. ἔτους ζ Αὐτοκράτορος Κ…
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