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Acknowledgement of a wheat debt by Phoibammon to the priest Kyros TM 22639Hermopolis15. Dez. 596

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Acknowledgement of a debt in wheat by Aurelius Phoibammon, a farmer from the hamlet of Tounkerkis, to the priest Kyros of Hermopolis, with sureties guaranteeing repayment. It was written at Hermopolis on 15 December 596; the text breaks off before the terms, but the docket on the back records a debt of about 6 artabas of wheat.

In English machine translation

[recto] † In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour, † in the reign of our most divine master Flavius Mauricius Tiberius, the eternal Augustus and Imperator, year 14, Choiak 19, of the 15th indiction. † To Kyros, the most God-beloved priest and master tow-worker (?), son of Victor of blessed memory, from the city of the Hermopolites, † Aurelius Phoibammon, son of Ioannes, his mother being Troblakote, farmer from the hamlet of Tounkerkis in the Hermopolite nome, together with the surety, who guarantees and undertakes for me the repayment of the debt to be declared below at his own risk and from the means of all his property, Senouthios the most pious priest, and Georgios son of Aron, his mother being Deuret, himself also a farmer from the same hamlet […] […] [verso] † Debt of 6 1/4 1/20 (?) artabas of wheat incurred by Phoibammon […]

The term rendered 'master tow-worker' (authentes stippourgos) denotes a flax or tow worker of some standing; its exact sense is uncertain. The fractional amount on the verso (ϛ δ κ) is read as 6 1/4 1/20 artabas but is uncertain.

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 · 15. Dez. 596 · Hermopolis

[r] † ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, † βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου Φλαυίου Μαυρικίου Τιβερίου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτου Χοίακ ἐννεακαιδεκάτῃ πεντεκαιδεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος. † Κύρῳ τῷ θεοφιλε…