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A receipt in letter form in which Serenos son of Dioskoros, a singularis (guardsman) on the staff of the prefect of Egypt, acknowledges repayment through Julius Marianus of 1,000 silver drachmas he had deposited with Serenos also called Ptolemaios. The deposit had been made on Phamenoth 10 under a handwritten agreement. The document dates to the 4th century AD.
A singularis was a soldier detached to the personal guard or staff of a high official, here the prefect of Egypt. The recipient's name at the start of line 2 is damaged, and the text breaks off after the mention of the handwritten contract (cheirographon).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Σερῆνος Διοσκόρου σινγούλαρις ἐπάρχου Αἰγύπτου Γα…… ριω Σερήνῳ τῶι καὶ Πτολεμέῳ …… ει καὶ ὡς χρηματίζει διὰ Ἰουλίου Μαρειανοῦ χαίρειν· ὁμολογῶ ἀπέχειν ἐμὲ παρὰ σοῦ τοῦ Μαριανοῦ τὰς τοῦ ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς χιλίας ἃς ἔσχεν παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐν παραθήκῃ ὁ προκείμενος Πτολεμέος ἃς παρέθηκα τῷ π…
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