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Acknowledgment of a further advance of 3 solidi secured on two arouras TM 22072Oxyrhynchos30. Nov. 496

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A fragmentary acknowledgment from Oxyrhynchus in which Aurelius Apollo of the hamlet of Niketou confirms receiving a further 3 gold solidi from Aurelius Paulos of Kerkeuris, in addition to an earlier loan of 15 solidi. The money is an advance secured on two arouras of land Apollo owns, dated 30 November 496.

In English machine translation

[recto] † After the consulship of Flavius Beator, the most glorious, Choiak 4, indiction 5, at Oxyrhynchus. Aurelius Apollo, son of Kai...ios, his mother being Ptolema, from the hamlet of Niketou in the Oxyrhynchite nome, to Aurelius Paulos, son of Ioannes, his mother being Maria, from the hamlet of Kerkeuris in the same nome, greetings. I acknowledge that I have received from you now also, after the earlier bond for the 15 solidi of principal, by way of advance payment on the 2 arouras belonging to me, 3 gold solidi [...] the same 2 arouras of land called [...] [...] [verso] † Bond of Apollo, son of Kai...[...]

The term translated 'advance payment' (prochreia) refers to money advanced against land, probably to be repaid in produce or by transfer of the land. The 'solidus' (nomisma) was the standard late Roman gold coin.

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 · 30. Nov. 496 · Oxyrhynchos

[r] † μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Φλαουίου Βεάτορος τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου Χοίακ δ ἰνδικτίονος ε ἐν Ὀξυρύγχων. Αὐρήλιος Ἀπολλῶ υἱὸς Και…ίου μητρὸς Πτολέμας ἀπὸ ἐποικίου Νικήτου τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου νομοῦ Αὐρηλίῳ Παύλῳ υἱῷ Ἰωάννου μητρὸς Μαρίας ἀπὸ ἐποικίου Κερκεύρεως τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ ἐ…