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Acknowledgement of a loan from Oxyrhynchus, in which […]orion son of Aphynchis, who runs a bakery, confirms receiving several talents of imperial coinage as an advance for the official purchase (probably of grain) from a high-ranking Oxyrhynchite councillor and magistrate whose name is lost. He undertakes to repay it in monthly instalments of 1 talent during the current year 1, including Pachon and Pauni.
Synone was a compulsory public purchase, here probably of wheat for the city's bread supply. The total sum is uncertain: the text reads 'six' (ἑξ[…]) but may continue, and the catalogue speaks of at least 2 talents.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Prêt d’argent). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
The papyrus is missing the top and foot. [..H?]orion acknowledges the receipt of a sum of at least 2 talents, probably for the purchase of wheat, from a high official of Oxyrhynchus, whose name is lost. The loan is to be repaid within the same year.
Αὐρηλίῳ […] ἐξηγη[…] πόλεως τῶν Ἀλεξανδρέων καὶ ὡς χρηματίζει γυμνασιαρχήσαντι βουλευτῇ ἐνάρχῳ πρύτανι[…]τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως[…] …… ωριων Ἀφύγχιος μητρὸς …[…]τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν πόλεως[…] προιστάμενος ἀρτοκοπείου χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ ἐσχ…
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