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End of a written undertaking by Menas, a village headman son of Nepheras, to the pagarch John, promising a penalty of six gold solidi for each item if he fails to perform his obligation by the agreed deadline. It comes from the Arsinoite nome in the mid-7th century AD.
The obligation itself is lost; 'gonachion' seems to be a garment or textile item whose exact nature is uncertain. 'Meizon' denotes a village headman.
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] […]…τω[…] εἰ δὲ μὴ τοῦτο πράξω τῇ εἰρημένῃ προθεσμίᾳ, ἐνέχεσθαί με παρασχεῖν τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ μεγαλοπρεπείᾳ οἰκόθεν καὶ ἐξ ἰδίου μου πόρου ὑπὲρ ἑκάστου γοναχίου χρυσοῦ νομίσματα ἓξ χρυσοῦ νομίσματα ϛ. κυρία ἡ ὁμολογία καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα † Μηνᾶς μείζων υἱὸς Νεφερᾶ στοιχεῖ μοι…
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