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A contract offer from Aurelius Melas, a bandit-catcher and head of a local association at Thraso in the Arsinoite nome, to Aurelius Paouetis, manager of a troupe of musicians, hiring the whole troupe for seven days starting 18 Epeiph. He offers 40 silver drachmas in wages plus wheat and loaves as an extra gift.
A thallion was a customary gift in kind given to performers on top of their cash wages. The phrase 'according to the old calendar' refers to the Egyptian calendar as distinct from the reformed Alexandrian one.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Scrittura di artisti). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Αὐρηλίῳ Παουῆτι προνοητῇ μουσικῶν παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Μέλανος ληστοπιαστοῦ ἡγουμένου συνόδου κώμης Θρασώ. βούλομαι παραλαβεῖν ἐν τῇ προκειμένῃ συνόδῳ μουσικὴν ἁπάσαν ἐπὶ ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀκτωκαιδεκάτης τοῦ Ἐπὶφ μηνὸς κατʼ ἀρχαίους, διδόντος μου αὐτῇ μισθάριον ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς μ, δρα…
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