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A receipt in which Aurelius Papnouthis son of Hierax of Hermopolis acknowledges repayment of 2 of the 6 gold solidi owed to him under written bonds by Aurelius Asklepiades, a soldier of the unit of Mauri stationed at Hermopolis, leaving 4 solidi outstanding. It was written in the late 4th century AD.
The Mauri were a late Roman military unit of Moorish origin garrisoned at Hermopolis. Nomismation here refers to the gold solidus; the indiction year 9 gives only a cycle year, not an absolute date.
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 Money). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Παπνοῦθις Ἱέρακος ἑξῆς ὑπογράφων ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμουπολιτῶν Αὐρηλίῳ Ἀσκληπιάδῃ Εις… στρατιώτῃ τῶν ἐν Ἑρμουπόλει γενναιοτάτων Μαύρων χαίρειν. πεπλήρωμαι παρὰ σοῦ χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια δύο ἐκ τῶν σῶν συγγραφῶν τῶν ἐγκειμένων τῶν ἓξ νομισματίων, λοιπὰ χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια τέσσαρα , καὶ εἰς τὴν ἀ…
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