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End of an acknowledgement of debt for two gold solidi with signatories TM 36960Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)frühes VI

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The end of an acknowledgement of debt in which someone declares owing two full-weight gold solidi and promises repayment, followed by a list of names, probably signatories and witnesses. It comes from Aphrodito in the Antaiopolite nome in the early 6th century AD.

In English machine translation

[… 21 lines lost …] I owe and am indebted for 2 full-weight gold solidi, and I will repay as stated above. […] Aurelius Charisios son of Hermauos Aurelius Romanos son of Isakos Aurelius Apollos son of Dioskoros, taxpayer Phoibammon son of Psenthaesios Ioannes son of Beskouis, deacon Flavius […]os, also riparius […] Hadrianos son of Abraamios, soldier of the unit of Antaiopolis […] of Isakios, notary (?)

The body of the contract is lost; only the closing clause and the list of names survive. A riparius was a local police official, and Apollos son of Dioskoros is the father of the well-known Dioskoros of Aphrodito.

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 · frühes VI · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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