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Acknowledgment of debt for the price of fodder crops, with receipts TM 22849unbekannt20. Mai 145

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Two men acknowledge that they owe Areios, an oil-maker, 120 drachmas for the fodder crop of 2 arouras at 60 drachmas each, to be paid in Pauni and Epeiph. A scribe signs for them as they are illiterate; added receipts record a 4-drachma deposit and a later payment of 116 drachmas. Dated 20 May 145 AD.

In English machine translation

[…]s son of Petobastis, of those from the village […] and Panechotes son of Totheus, from […], to Areios, oil-maker, son of Herakleos(?), […] greetings. We agree that we will pay [you in] the months of Pauni and Epeiph of the [present] 8th [year] of Antoninus Caesar [the lord], for the price of fodder crops […] of 2 arouras, at the rate of 60 [drachmas] per aroura, making [120] drachmas, total 120 drachmas, without delay. Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Titus [Aelius Hadr]ianus Antoninus Augustus [Pius], Pachon 25. I, Herminus son of Areios, [wrote on] their [behalf] since they do not know letters. […] I have received from the aforesaid 120 drachmas [as] earnest money 4 drachmas. Areios […] […] [as] aforesaid […] 16 drachmas of silver, one hundred and sixteen drachmas, as aforesaid. Year 8 of [Imperator] Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus [Antoninus] Augustus Pius, Epeiph 16.

The main document is dated Pachon 25 (20 May 145); the final receipt is dated Epeiph 16 of the same year, i.e. July 145.

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. Mai 145

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