One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 40820

Receipt for repayment of an advance of 300 drachmas by a cook TM 40820unknownApril 3, 195 A.D.

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A receipt in which Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios, a former market official (agoranomos), acknowledges repayment by the cook Onesimos son of Amerimnos of 300 silver drachmas that Onesimos had received as an advance. He declares he has no further claim against him. It is dated 3 April AD 195.

In English machine translation

Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios, former agoranomos in part (?), to Onesimos son of Amerimnos, cook, greetings. I have received from you the 300 drachmas of silver which you had on account of an advance, and I bring no charge against you. Year 3 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Pharmouthi 8.

The agoranomos was a market and notarial official; the phrase translated "former agoranomos in part" apparently means he held the office jointly or for part of a term. The advance (prochreia) may have been against wages owed to Onesimos.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as receipt for repayment of advance). 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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receipt for repayment of advance

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 1339 · April 3, 195 A.D. · unknown

Ptolemaios, son of Ptolemaios, a former agoranomos, acknowledges that he has received from Onesimos, son of Amerimnos, a cook, 300 drachmas which Onesimos had obtained, possibly as an advance for wages due to him. The receipt ends with the usual statement that the advancer does n…

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p.mich.mchl.17

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · April 3, 195 A.D.

Πτολεμαῖος Πτολεμαίου ἐκ μέρους ἀγο ρανομήσα Ὀνησίμῳ Ἀμερίμνου μαγείρῳ χαίρειν. ἀπέχω παρὰ σοῦ ἃς ἔσχες εἰς λόγον προχρείας ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς τριακοσίας καὶ οὐδέν σοι ἐνκαλῶ. ἔτους τρίτου Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Περτίνακος Σεβαστοῦ. Φαρμοῦθι η.