Advance payment for hay from the estate of the general Theodosios TM 41027Arsinoiton Polis
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A contract of advance sale in which two villagers, Abraamios and Amoun from the hamlet of Koueisan, acknowledge receiving 1 1/2 gold solidi from Gerontios, chartularius of the estate of the general Theodosios, as advance payment for first-cut dry hay to be delivered from the crops of the coming tenth indiction. It was drawn up at Arsinoe in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
The letters chi-mu-gamma are a Christian symbol often read as 'Christ born of Mary', not a date. The notary's subscription 'through me, Georgios' is written in Latin letters; the meaning of 'komitikos' for the hay is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as keiner). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.lond.1.113_6C
[r] † ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Φαῶφι ε … ἰνδικτίονος ἐν Ἀρσινόῃ. τῷ λαμπροτάτῳ Γεροντίῳ χαρτουλαρίῳ οὐσίας Θεοδοσίου τοῦ ἐνδοξοτάτου στρατηλάτου ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀρσινοιτῶν πόλεως Αὐρήλιοι Ἀβραάμιος υἱὸς Λαῆυ καὶ Ἀμοῦν υἱὸς Δαυὶτ ἀπὸ …