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Fragment of an acknowledgement of debt in which the writers, tenants farming an estate belonging to a woman of high rank, confirm receiving an advance of 6 gold solidi (less 18 carats) to keep as long as they farm her estate on an island. It dates to the 5th or 6th century AD, from the Antaiopolite or Apollonopolite nome.
"Procheia" (advance) refers to money paid ahead, probably against future rent or produce from the estate. The scribe writes "geogroumen" for "georgoumen" (we farm).
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 …] εἰς ἰδίαν ἡμῶν καὶ ἀναγκαίαν χρείαν, λόγῳ προχρείας ἡμᾶς ὀφείλειν αὐτῇ χρυσοῦ κεφαλαίου νομιστμάτια δεσποτικὰ δόκιμα ἁπλᾶ ἕξ , ἕκαστον παρὰ κεράτια τρία τῷ χρυσοχοικῷ σταθμῷ, γίνονται χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια ϛ παρὰ κεράτια ιη χρυσοχοικῷ, ἐπὶ τῷ ταῦτα εἶναι παρʼ ἡ…
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