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Receipt for wages paid to a substitute oarsman on the governor's ship TM 22636Panopolis26. Mai 403

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A receipt issued by Aurelius Victor and Aurelius Kollouthos of Antinoou, headmen of the governor's oared ship under the chief helmsman Apion, to Aurelius Senouthes, an oarsman of Hermopolis living in Panopolis. It confirms that Senouthes paid the agreed wages to the man serving as oarsman in his place for the past first indiction. Written at Panopolis in 403.

In English machine translation

[recto] After the consulship of our masters Arcadius and Honorius, the eternal Augusti, Pauni 1. The Aurelii Victor son of Severus and Kollouthos son of Mesoueris, both from Antinoou, the most splendid city, headmen (kephalaiotai) of the governor's many-oared ship under the chief helmsman Apion, to Aurelius Senouthes son of Victor, from Hermopolis, residing in Panopolis, oarsman of the same many-oared ship, greetings. You have paid, according to the custom of your father, the agreed wages on behalf of your own person for the assessment (kanon) of the past first indiction, going toward the sailing service of the same many-oared ship, to the man who fills the place in your stead, and for this reason we have issued this receipt to you for your security, valid and guaranteed, and in answer to the formal question we have acknowledged it. I, Aurelius Victor son of Severus, have issued the receipt as stated above. I, Aurelius Kollouthos son of Mesoueris, the aforesaid, have issued the receipt as stated above. [verso] Receipt of Kollouthos and Victor, headmen of the governor's many-oared ship.

Senouthes discharged his compulsory rowing service by paying a substitute, as his father had done. The polykopon was a many-oared vessel at the disposal of the provincial governor.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 26. Mai 403 · Panopolis

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