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Acknowledgement of debt for rent arrears with general mortgage TM 21139Hermopolites

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Acknowledgement of debt by Aurelius Anoubios, a farmer of Poampoimenis in the Hermopolite nome, to the illustrious Flavius Bathyllos, through his steward Ioannes. He owes 5 gold solidi less 18 carats for arrears of crop rents from the ninth indiction and pledges all his property as security.

In English machine translation

[recto] 643 (?) In the reign of our most divine master Flavius Justinian, eternal Augustus and Imperator, year 27, in the 13th year after the consulship of Flavius Basilius, the most glorious, Phaophi 25 […] Aurelius Anoubios son of Banos, mother Dora, farmer from the village of Poampoimenis of the Hermopolite nome, to Flavius Bathyllos […] and illustrious, son of the most God-beloved Abba Ad[…], through the most admirable Ioannes your steward, greeting. I acknowledge that I owe and am indebted on account of […] rents of crops […], that is, from the ninth indiction […] 5 solidi of gold less 18 carats by the public standard of the great and most splendid Hermopolis, total 5 gold solidi less 18 carats, which I will repay to you […] without any delay, dispute, judgment or lawsuit; and as guarantee and security for their repayment I hereby mortgage to you […] all my property present and future, movable, immovable and self-moving […] and slaves […] […] [verso] […] son of Banos, farmer from the village of Poampoimenis of the Hermopolite nome …

The opening χμγ is usually read as a Christian symbol (isopsephy, often taken for 'Mary bore Christ' or similar), not a number. The 'self-moving' property means livestock; the 13th post-consular year of Basilius corresponds to AD 553/554.)

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Loan of Money on Security). 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 · Hermopolites

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