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Bank payment for the balance of the price of five cows TM 22701unbekannt20. Jan. 6 v.Chr.

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Copy of a payment order issued through the private bank of Hermaios, by which Apollonios son of Hermias paid Herakleios (Herakles) son of Zenon the remaining 60 silver drachmas owed for five cows, three red and two white. The payee adds his acknowledgement of receipt. Dated 20 January 6 BC, in the reign of Augustus.

In English machine translation

[recto] Copy of a bank payment order through the private bank of Hermaios. Year 24 of Caesar, Tybi 25. Apollonios son of Hermias to Herakleios son of Zenon, in full settlement of the price of five cows, of which three are red and two white, the remaining 60 drachmas of silver, total 60 drachmas. I, Herakles son of Zenon, have taken note of the above payment order and I have, in completion of the price of five cows, of which three are red and two white, the remaining 60 drachmas of silver, total 60 drachmas, as stated above. Year 24 of Caesar, Tybi 25. [verso] Payment order for the sale of yokes (of oxen?) […] 60 drachmas of silver.

The payee's name is spelled both Herakleios and Herakles in the text. A diagraphe is a bank transfer or payment order, here kept as a copy with the recipient's acknowledgement.

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 · 20. Jan. 6 v.Chr.

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