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A short agreement from Oxyrhynchus between Serenos, a secretary, and an official (epimeletes) whose name is partly lost, concerning a sum of 8 solidi and 5 1/2 carats of gold. It provides for settling their account for galleys and a guard-post, with whichever party is found to be in debt to pay by the month of Epeiph.
The beginnings of the lines are lost and the extent of the loss is uncertain, so the exact terms are unclear. The epimeletes was an official in charge of a particular service; solidi and carats are units of gold coinage.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Agreement for Settlement of an Account). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
A short agreement between an epimel�t�s and a secretary for the settlement between them of an account concerning galleys and a guard-post. Owing to some uncertainties of reading and doubt as to the extent of the loss at the beginnings of the lines, the details are not clear.
[…]…υμῳ ἐπιμελητῇ Σερῆνος γραμματεύς. […]…ρωτας χρυσοῦ δημοσίῳ ζυγῷ νομισμάτια ὀκτὼ κεράτια πέντε ἥμισυ, γίνονται νομισμάτια η κεράτια ε 𐅵 δημοσίῳ, μέντοι σοῦ ποιοῦντος τὸν λόγον τῶν πολυκώπων καὶ τοῦ φρουρίου […]…υ τῆς πρώτης ἰνδικτίονος, καὶ ἐὰν εὑρεθῇς χρεωστῶν μοι ἐπὶ τῷ με λ…
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