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Paramone contract of a flax-worker with a presbyter and master tow-worker TM 22581Hermopolis27. Febr. 604

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A contract of service (paramone) from Hermopolis, dated 27 February 604, in which Aurelius Kollouthos, a flax-worker, acknowledges receiving an advance of 4 1/2 gold solidi less 27 carats from the presbyter Kyros, a master tow-worker. In return he undertakes to stay and work in Kyros' workshop during the eighth indiction.

In English machine translation

[…] … † [† In the name of the Lord and] Master Jesus Christ, God and [our Saviour, in the reign] of our most divine master Flavius [Phocas], the eternal Augustus and Imperator, year two, Phamenoth 2, of the seventh indiction, in Hermopolis of the Thebaid. † Aurelius Kollouthos son of Theophilos, his mother being Kyra, hackler (?), from the city of the Hermopolitans, † to Kyros the most God-beloved presbyter and master tow-worker, son of Viktor of blessed memory, from the same city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have had and received from you, by way of advance payment for my craft of hackler for the work of the eighth indiction, with God's help, 4 1/2 gold solidi less 6 carats each by the Hermopolite standard, total 4 1/2 gold solidi less 27 carats, on condition that I remain with you and attend at your workshop and work for you in my craft of hackler for [the work of the eighth] indiction, from the beginning of the […] [… lines lost …]

The cheiristes (here 'hackler') was a worker in flax processing; the exact task is uncertain. The advance is a loan repaid in labour, typical of paramone contracts.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Paramone Contract). 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. Febr. 604 · Hermopolis

[…]… † † ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαυίου Φωκᾶ τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους δευτέρου Φαμενὼθ δευτέρας ἑβδόμης ἰνδικτίονος ἐν Ἑρμοῦ Πόλει τῆς Θηβαίδος. † Αὐρήλιος Κολλοῦθος υἱὸς Θε…