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Beginning of a contract from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, dated 8 November 147, in which the priest Paouetis the younger places his young slave girl Tasous with the weaver Herieus for one year and six months, probably as an apprentice in weaving. The rest of the text is lost.
The gap after 'weaver' probably held a word about teaching the craft (e.g. 'for instruction'), which would make this an apprenticeship contract. The word paidiskē can mean either a slave girl or a young girl.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους κα Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοπῦ Εὐσεβοῦς Ἁθὺρ ια. ὁμολογεῖ Παουῆτις νεώτερος Ὀννώφρεως τοῦ Ὀννώφρεως ἱερέως ἀπὸ κώμης Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Ἑριεῦτι Ἁρπαγάθου γερδίῳ ἐπ[…]ωσμοῦ τὴν παιδίσκιν μου Τασοῦν ἐφʼ ἐνιαυτὸν ἕνα και μῆνας ἕξ
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