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Acknowledgement of debt by Anoup to a horse-doctor for vinegar TM 22071Oxyrhynchos27. Apr. 538

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An acknowledgement of debt in which Aurelius Anoup, from the hamlet of Alkome in the Oxyrhynchite nome, admits owing 1 1/2 gold solidi to the horse-doctor Aurelius Pamouthios of Oxyrhynchus, in connection with vinegar arising from wine he had supplied. He promises repayment in the month of Hathyr. It was written at Oxyrhynchus on 27 April 538.

In English machine translation

[recto] In the consulship of Flavius Ioannes, the most glorious prefect of the sacred praetorium, Pachon 2, indiction 1. Aurelius Anoup son of Ioannes, mother Martha, from the hamlet of Alkome of the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Aurelius Pamouthios son of Sarapas, horse-doctor, from the city of the Oxyrhynchites, greetings. I acknowledge that I owe you and am indebted to you, on account of vinegar from the wine given to you by me at the time of the drawing-off of the past first indiction, in accordance with the terms agreed between us, 1 1/2 solidi of gold on the private standard, total 1 1/2 gold solidi on the private standard, as principal, and this I agree to repay to you in the month of Hathyr … [verso] † Bond of Anoup son of Ioannes […]

The debt seems to compensate for wine delivered at the drawing-off (rhysis) that had turned to vinegar. The 'private standard' (idiotikon zygon) was a weight standard for gold coin distinct from the official one.

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 Debt). 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 · 27. Apr. 538 · Oxyrhynchos

[r] ὑπατείᾳ Φλαουίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου ἐπάρχου τῶν ἱερῶν πραιτωρίων Παχὼν β ἰνδικτίονος α. Αὐρήλιος Ἀνοῦπ υἱὸς Ἰωάννου μητρὸς Μάρθας ἀπὸ ἐποικίου Ἀλκῶμε τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου νομοῦ Αὐρηλίῳ Παμουθίῳ υἱῷ Σαραπᾶ ἱπποιάτρῳ ἀπὸ τῆς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ ὀφείλειν σοι καὶ …