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Engagement of two pantomimes and their troupe for a village festival TM 23578Ibion Sesymbotheos (Hermopolites)11. Jan. 181

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A contract in which Paesis, chief of police of the village of Ibion Sesymbotheos in the Hermopolite nome, hires two pantomime performers, Sarapion and Phoibammon, with their troupe of musicians for a five-day village festival. He promises a daily wage of 36 drachmas plus bread and oil, payment at the end of the festival, and transport at his expense. It was drawn up on 11 January 181.

In English machine translation

Paesis son of Peues, chief of police (archephodos) of the village of Ibion Sesymbotheos of the nomarchy, to Sarapion son of Epikrates and Phoibammon son of Achilleus, the 2 pantomimes of the Hermopolite, greetings. I acknowledge that I have engaged you, together with your entire troupe of musicians and other assistants, to perform for five days from Tybi 26 to the 30th of the same month of the present 21st year of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord, in the aforesaid village of Ibion, for the wage agreed between us, for each day 36 silver drachmas and 30 pairs of loaves and 4 kotylai of oil, and for the price of the crown 2 drachmas. The accumulated wages I will pay you at the end of the festival without fault, and I will come for you with your troupe at my own expense. Year 21 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Germanicus Sarmaticus Maximus, Tybi 16. [I, Paesis son of Peu]es, have engaged you and [will do] everything as stated above. A... Kor... wrote for him, as he is illiterate. […]

The archephodos was a village police official. The 'crown' payment probably refers to a festive wreath or prize customary for performers.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Scritturazione di pantomimi e musici). 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 · 11. Jan. 181 · Ibion Sesymbotheos (Hermopolites)

Παῆσις Πευῆτος ἀρχέφοδος κώμης Ἰβιῶνος Σεσυμβώθεως τῆς νομαρχίας Σαραπίωνι Ἐπικράτου καὶ Φοιβάμμωνι Ἀχιλλέως τοῖς β παντομίμοις Ἑρμοπολίταις χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ παρειληφέναι ὑμᾶς μεθʼ ἧς ἔχετε συμφωνίας πᾶσης μουσικῶν τε καὶ ἄλλων ὑπουργοῦντας ἐφʼ ἡμέρας πέντε ἀπὸ κϛ Τῦβι ἕως λ τοῦ …