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Receipt and indemnity between marble-cutters for work on a church TM 37318Arsinoites (?)VI

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Pambechis, a marble-cutter, acknowledges to his fellow marble-cutter Aurelius Joseph, son of Alexander, that he has received the wages due for the share of their co-worker Apollos in work on a church. He undertakes to keep Joseph free from any further claims. The document dates to the 6th century AD and probably comes from the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] of the city, to Aurelius Joseph, himself also a marble-cutter, son of Alexander, from the same city, greetings. I acknowledge that I have agreed of my own free will with you that I am ready to keep you free from trouble with regard to the work on the holy church called Ti[…]reinos, on behalf of the share of Apollos our fellow-worker, because I have received from you the wages for the share of the same Apollos in the same work. Hence I have now made this acknowledgement for your security […] […] [verso] ☧ Acknowledgement made by Pambechis, marble-cutter, son of […]

The name of the church is only partly preserved (Ti[…]reinos). The term plakopristes means a cutter of stone slabs or marble revetment.

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

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