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Acknowledgement of debt in gold solidi to the ship's captain Apa Dios TM 35832SyeneVI

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Fragments of a document from Syene, 6th century AD, beginning as an acknowledgement of debt in which Eucharis and Psiour, parents of Makarios, owe gold solidi by the Syene standard to Apa Dios, a ship's captain, payable on the journey upstream. Another fragment mentions the transfer of a body (or belongings) to the father.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A] Eucharis and Psiour, the parents of Makarios [...], our son, [...] to Apa Dios, ship's captain, greetings. We, the aforementioned, acknowledge that we owe you, for payment and repayment, [...] gold solidi [...] [by the standard of Syene, total ... gold solidi] [...] [by the standard of] Syene, which we are ready [to pay ...] on the journey upstream [...] [...] [Fragment B] [...] [...] [...] [...] the transfer of the body (?) here to the father [...] [...] to set down (?) their intentions [...] [...] [Fragment C] [...] [...] are [...] [...] [...] [Fragment D] [...] (beginnings of 12 lines, only single letters surviving) [...] [Fragment E] [...] [...] [...] [...] [Fragment F] [...] [Fragment G] [...] [...]

The Greek skēnos can mean 'body' (corpse) or 'baggage'; the context, possibly the transport of the dead son's remains by boat, is uncertain. 'Standard of Syene' refers to the local weight standard for gold coins.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragmente). 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 · VI · Syene

[FrA] Εὔχαρις καὶ Πσιοὺρ οἱ πατέρες αὐτοῦ τοῦ Μακαρίου …φβρουρ υἱοῦ ἡμῶν […]β[…]Ἄπα Δίου κυβερνήτῃ χαίρειν. ὁμολογοῦμεν ἡμεῖς οἱ προγεγραμμένοι χρεωστεῖν σοι εἰς ἔκτισιν καὶ ἀπόδοσιν χρυσοῦ νομίσματα[…] ζυγῷ Συήνης γίνεται χρυσοῦ νομίσματα[…]ζυγῷ Συήνης ἅπερ ἑτοίμως ἔχομεν[…] ἐν …