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Fragment of an acknowledgement in which a man admits receiving one gold solidus from Aurelia Kal[…] as advance payment for first-cut dry hay of good quality to be delivered later. It dates from the 4th to 7th century AD, probably from the Arsinoite nome.
This is a sale with advance payment: money received now against later delivery of goods. The verso probably carried a short docket summarizing the deed.
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.
[r] [… ? lines lost …] Αὐρηλίᾳ Καλ θυγατρὶ … ρωνος ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ ἐσχηκέναι με παρὰ σοῦ διὰ χειρὸς εἰς ἰδίαν μου χρείαν χρυσίου νομισμάτιον ἓν ὡς νομιτεύεται, χρυσίου νομισμάτιον α ὡς νομιτεύεται κεφαλαίου ὂν παρʼ ἐμοὶ εἰς τιμὴν χόρτου ξηροῦ κωμητικοῦ πρωτο…
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