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Acknowledgement by Nektosiris, a gardener from the Aphroditopolite nome, that he has received from Zenon, agent of the finance minister Apollonios, a loan of 15 silver drachmas recorded in a contract held by the contract-keeper Nestos. Half was to be repaid by a set date; the rest of the terms is lost. Written in 251 BC, probably at Philadelphia in the Fayum.
One description also allows a date of 3 December 252 BC, depending on how the regnal year is reckoned. The scribe first wrote 'Memphite' and deleted it in favour of 'Aphroditopolite'.
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.
Nektosiris, a gardener from the Aphroditopolite nome, acknowledges that he has received from Zenon a loan of money as stipulated in the contract kept by Nestos, on condition that he will repay half by a certain date and the remainder by another date.
ἔτους λδ, Φαμενῶφι ι. ὁμολογεῖ Νεκτοσῖρις Θα…ιος ἐκ τοῦ Ἀφροδιτοπολίτου κηπουρὸς ἀπέχειν παρὰ Ζήνωνος τοῦ Ἀγρεοφῶντος Καυνίου τῶν περὶ Ἀπολλώνιον τὸν διοικητὴν τὸ δάνειον τὸ ἐν τῆι συγγραφῆι γεγραμμένον τῆι κειμένηι παρὰ συγγραφοφύλακι Νέστωι ἀργυρίου ιε ἐφʼ ὧι ἀποδώσει τὸ μὲν ἥμ…
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