Apprenticeship contract with a builder TM 31833Oxyrhynchosfrühes III

Aurelius Zoilos, called after his mother Zoilous daughter of Ptolemaios, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, and Aurelius Apollonios son of Doras, his mother being Apollonia, from the same city, builder, mutually agree: Zoilos, that he has apprenticed himself to Apollonios to learn the builder's craft for a period of three years from the first day of the present month Choiak of the current year […], during which time Zoilos shall present himself remaining with his master Apollonios, sleeping and eating at his own home, not being of the household of the same master, obeying and carrying out everything entrusted to him by the master that pertains to the craft, the same Zoilos being fed and clothed by the master for the aforesaid period, and further being supplied by the same master with wages of […] per month […], Zoilos paying the public taxes on his own behalf. If, which may it not happen, he should fall ill during this time, he shall stay with the same master and be cared for by him, and for whatever days he is idle through illness, he shall remain with the master for an equal number of days after the period without wages, because (?) he received the aforesaid wages while idle (?). When Zoilos has completed the three-year period with the master and departs, Apollonios shall give him clothes worth 60 drachmas, in place of those which he brought in with him, of the same value of 60 drachmas, and the tools of the builder's craft free of charge. Present is the mother of Zoilos, Aurelia Zoilous daughter of Ptolemaios, her mother being […], from the same city, who consents […]. And Apollonios […]