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Acknowledgement of a debt of 12 gold carats to Victor, soldier of the church TM 36944HermopolisVI - VII

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A short acknowledgement of debt in which Ioannes son of Serenos admits owing 12 gold carats to Victor, a soldier attached to the church of Hermopolis, as the balance due on a receipt of Phoibammon son of Epiphanios. He promises to repay within six days.

In English machine translation

† To the lord Victor, soldier of the holy church of Hermopolis, Ioannes son of Serenos. I have and owe you, without dispute (?), on account of the balance of the receipt of Phoibammon son of Epiphanios, 12 carats of gold, total 12 carats, and I will repay within 6 days, and for your security I have made this security for the 12 carats, as aforesaid. I wrote, Ph[…] […]; it is agreed. † † †

A 'soldier of the holy church' was probably a guard or enforcement agent in the church's service rather than a regular army soldier. The meaning of the adverb rendered 'without dispute' is uncertain, and the scribe's name in the subscription is illegible.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Acknowledgement of debt). 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 - VII · Hermopolis

† τῷ κυρίῳ Βίκτορι στρατιώτῃ τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας Ἑρμουπόλεως Ἰωάννης Σερήνου. ἔχω καὶ χρεωστῶ ἀποκρότως ὑπὲρ λοιπάδος τῆς ἀποδείξεως Φοιβάμμωνος Ἐπιφανείου χρυσοῦ κεράτια δώδεκα, γίνεται κεράτια ιβ, καὶ ἀποδώσω εἴσω ἓξ ἡμερῶν καὶ πρὸς σὴν ἀσφάλειαν πεποίημαι ταύτην τὴν ἀσφάλειαν …