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A receipt written in the form of a letter from Claudia Posidonia to Sarapion, acknowledging that a further 1000 silver drachmas were paid to her agent Xenokles, through Sarapion's friend Dioskoros, as an instalment on the rent Sarapion owed. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.
The provenance is unknown; the Herakleopolite nome is only a suggestion. The verso word is an abbreviated sign-off, probably 'I have noted/signed'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung in Form eines Briefes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Κλαυδία Ποσιδωνία Σαραπίωνι χαίρειν. μετεβλήθησαν ἐνθάδε Ξενοκλεῖ χειριστῇ μου εἰς οὓς ὀφείλεις φόρους διὰ Διοσκόρου φίλου σου ἐπὶ λόγου ἄλλαι ἀργυρίου δραχμαὶ χίλιαι. ἔρρωσο. Σαραπίωνι μετεβλήθησαν αἱ ἀργυρίου δραχμαὶ χίλιαι. [v] σεσημείωμαι
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