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[… ? lines lost …] ὁμολογῶ Πελάγιος Σαραπᾶτος ἐσχηκέναι παρὰ σοῦ χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια δέκα ἥμισυ τοῦ ὀφειλήματος μου χρυσοῦ προκειμένου. ἐρρῶσθαί σε εὔχομαι πολλοῖς χρόνοις. σεσημείωμαι.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 33090
Receipt of Pelagios for 10 1/2 gold solidi toward a debt TM 33090Hermopolites (?)IV - V
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A receipt in which Pelagios son of Sarapas acknowledges receiving 10 1/2 gold solidi from an unnamed person as payment toward a debt. It probably comes from the Hermopolite nome and dates to the 4th or 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
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I, Pelagios son of Sarapas, acknowledge that I have received from you 10 1/2 gold solidi of my aforementioned debt in gold.
I pray for your health for many years. I have signed.
The opening lines, which would have named the payer, are lost. The text is written on a wooden tablet, and the provenance is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Payment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.