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Acknowledgement of debt for wheat guaranteed to a grain receiver TM 23558Hermopolis370

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An acknowledgement of debt from Hermopolis, AD 370, in which the councillor Aurelius Kyros recognises that he owes 66 artabas of wheat to two fellow councillors, Gennadios and Koprias. They had guaranteed in writing on his behalf the delivery of this wheat to Silvanus, the grain receiver, for the 13th indiction, and he promises to repay them without dispute.

In English machine translation

[recto] In the consulship of our masters Valentinian and Valens, the eternal Augusti, for the 3rd time. Aurelius Kyros son of Hermeias, councillor of the most splendid city of Hermopolis, to Aurelii Gennadios son of Olympiodoros and Koprias son of Herakles, councillors of the same city, greetings. Since I asked you to declare and to undertake in writing on my behalf, for the thirteenth indiction, to Silvanus the receiver of grain, 66 artabas of wheat, total 66 artabas of wheat, and you now wish to receive from me a handwritten bond or security for the repayment of these, accordingly I acknowledge that I owe them and will repay them without any dispute whenever […] Silvanus […] you, together with the expenses […] rather […] […] of another hand […] for this […] being produced. The acknowledgement is [valid.] […] [verso] Acknowledgement of Kyros son of Hermeias to Silvanus

A sitapodektes was an official who received grain owed to the state; the two councillors acted as sureties for Kyros's obligation. The end of the text, describing when repayment falls due, is damaged.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ricognizione di debito). 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 · 370 · Hermopolis

[r] ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ καὶ Οὐάλεντος τῶν αἰωνίων Αὐγούστων τὸ γ. Αὐρήλιος Κῦρος Ἑρμείου πολιτευόμενος Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως τῆς λαμπροτάτης Αὐρηλίοις Γενναδίῳ Ὀλυμπιοδώρου καὶ Κοπρέᾳ Ἡρακλῆτος πολιτευομένοις τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως χαίρειν. ἐπειδὴ ἠξίωσα ὑμᾶς προσφωνῆσαι κ…