Receipt
Receipt
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 89168
Receipt issued by Hermeros and partners to Pakoibis TM 89168This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.26 September, A.D. 71
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An ostracon receipt from Berenike in which Hermeros son of Haryotes and his partners acknowledge receiving something from Pakoibis son of Paeris. It is dated 26 September AD 71, in the fourth year of Vespasian.
In English machine translation
Hermeros son of Haryotes and partners […] to Pakoibis son of Paeris, grandson of Horos, greetings. I have received from you […]
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[…] Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, Thoth 28.
Hermeros […]
The lines naming what was received are largely illegible, so the object of the receipt is unknown. The 'partners' (metochoi) were probably a group of collectors or contractors acting together.
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.
o.berenike.2.142
Ἑρμερῶς Ἁρυώτου καὶ μέτοχοι … Πακοίβι Παήρεως τοῦ Ὥρου χαίρειν· παρέλαβον παρὰ σοῦ … …κρο …εξαδ… …δ κ…υλ αρχη δ…μ[…] … …υλ αρχ δε…μ… και… …σαρα. ἔτους δ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Θὼτ κη. Ἑρμερῶς σ….