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Acknowledgement of a loan from an optio of the governor's staff TM 21989Oxyrhynchos394

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Fragmentary acknowledgement of a loan in which Aurelius Phoibammon son of Theon of Oxyrhynchus confirms receiving something, probably money, from Flavius Domninus, an optio on the governor's staff, for his own needs. It is dated by the year after the consulship of Theodosius (3rd time) and Abundantius, AD 394.

In English machine translation

[recto] After the consulship of our master Theodosius, eternal Augustus, for the 3rd time, and of Flavius Abundantius, the most illustrious, […] To Flavius Domninus, optio of the staff of the governor, […] Aurelius Phoibammon son of Theon, from the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you from hand to hand here in the city of the Oxyrhynchites […] […] for my own personal and pressing need […] […] the public account […] […] by the brother […] [verso] Note of hand […]

The optio was a junior officer; here he serves on the staff (officium) of the provincial governor. The amount and terms of the loan are lost.

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). 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 · 394 · Oxyrhynchos

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