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Apprenticeship contract for the girl Euangelia in the embroiderers' craft TM 35306Panopolites ?, Ägypten2. Hälfte VI - VII

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Fragments of a contract of apprenticeship in which a girl named Euangelia is placed with a master to be taught the craft of embroidery, with clothing to be provided and a penalty of 8 solidi for breach. It ends with subscriptions by a scribe writing for the parties, two witnesses, and the notary Megalos. Probably from the Panopolite nome, later 6th to 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

[fragment 1] […] […] to have and to teach her […] […] our […] as has been said […] […] clothing for her […] […] […] this […] agreed […] […] and garments of the same girl Euangelia to the […] […] and to have and to teach her the art of the embroiderers […] […] […] [fragment 2] […] […] […] […] of this Euangelia to have entered (?) […] […] that your decency have and provide her […] […] [fragment 3] […] […] of the same […] […] the same […] by some experienced embroiderers, so that she may be found taught the craft, the guild of her fellow craftsmen […] […] to pay 8 solidi and after the payment of the penalty, to the […] […] that your decency have her in perpetuity at our risk and that of our property, pledged for this. † Aurelius Ses[…] we […] this […] agreement […] to all the foregoing. I, Flavius Akyla Pam[…], wrote on their behalf […]. † I, Aurelius Psates son of Paulos, from Panos, witness the agreement, having heard it from the parties. † I, Aurelius Menas […], witness the agreement, having heard it from the parties. ☧ Written through the notarial office of Megalos, notary, with God. [fragment 4] […] […] […] […] she herself […] […] [fragment 5] […] […] […] […] and […] […] to your decency […] […] and of us […] […] […]

The ploumarioi were embroiderers of decorated textiles; apprenticeship contracts for girls are rare. 'Your decency' (kosmiotes) is an honorific form of address for the master.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contract of Apprenticeship). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Hälfte VI - VII · Panopolites ?, Ägypten

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