Memorandum and list of documents
On the recto, a man states that he has received a contract concerning a plot of land in the Hermopolite nome. The verso bears a list of documents of different persons.
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List of documents concerning various persons in the Hermopolite nome TM 25425Hermopolites (?)First century CE
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A list on the back of a papyrus noting several documents, apparently written authorizations and an agreement, concerning different individuals in the Hermopolite nome. Names include Thoonis, accountant of Tiberius Claudius E[…], Apollonios son of Poseidonios, and Sarapion son of Diogenes. It dates to the 1st century AD.
In English machine translation
[verso]
Authorization (?) of Thoonis, accountant of Tiberius Claudius E[…],
through Rhodokles the agent of Lachol(?), of the Upper toparchy of the Hermopolite nome.
Agreement of Apol(lonios?) son of Poseidonios the elder, son of Ptoll[…], his mother being Isidora, from Ptemky[…],
through […].
Authorization of Sarap(ion) the elder, called the Little […]
8 drachmas.
Make […] Sarap(ion) son of Diogenes son of Phaminis the elder,
of the toparchy of Ar[…], P[…]
[…] of the toparchy […].
The term entolē, rendered 'authorization', can mean an instruction, mandate or commission; the exact type of document listed is uncertain. Several names and the later lines are abbreviated or illegible, so readings are doubtful.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Memorandum and List of Documents). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.leid.inst.1.27v
[v] ἐντολὴ Θοώνιος λογιστοῦ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Ε…ς… διὰ Ῥοδοκλέους τοῦ ἐπιτρόπου τοῦ Λάχολος τοῦ Ἑρμοπολίτου ἄνω τοπαρχίας. ὁμολογία Ἀπολ Ποσειδωνίου πρεσβυτέρου τοῦ Πτολλ… μητρὸς Ἰσιδώρας ἀπὸ Πτεμκυ…εως διὰ υμ…ε. ἐντολὴ Σαραπ πρεσβυτέρου λεγομένου Μικρ απα …ας δραχμ η ποίησον ενδ…