Ἁρπαῆσις̣ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ]τος̣ [τῶν] ἀ̣φʼ Ἑρ̣- μουπόλ(εως) ἀ̣να̣[γ]ραφό[μενος] ἐπʼ ἀμ- φ̣[ό]δ̣ου Φρ̣ο̣[υρί]ου λιβὸς Ἀνουβίων̣[ι] Σαραπί̣ω̣νος Ἑρμοπ̣[ο]λ̣(ίτῃ) χ(αίρειν). ὁμολ̣ο̣γ[ῶ] πεπρακέναι σοι τὴν ὑπάρχ̣ο̣υ̣- σάν μοι βοῦς (*) πυρὸν̣ (*) χρ[ῶ]μ̣α̣ μίαν καὶ α̣ὐτόθεν τε ἀπέ̣χω πα̣ρ̣ὰ̣ σοῦ τὴν συνπεφωνημέν[ην] τιμὴν (*) ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἑ̣ξ[ή]κ̣ο̣ν̣- τα δύο (γίνονται) ἀργ(υρίου) (δραχμαὶ) ξβ καὶ [βεβαιώσ]ω̣ πάσῃ β̣εβεώσι (*). (ἔτους) ι̣β̣ [Αὐτο]κρ̣[άτο]ρο[ς] Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδρια̣νοῦ Σεβα̣στ̣[οῦ] Φαμενὼ̣ ε.
Apparatus
This document is a record from Hermopolis, mentioning a transaction involving a bull and a payment of silver drachmas. It states that the bull is to be delivered to the recipient, along with the agreed payment of sixty drachmas. The document is dated in the twelfth year of the reign of Emperor Trajan Hadrian.
Ἁρπαῆσις̣ [
̣ ̣ ̣
]τος̣ [τῶν] ἀ̣φʼ Ἑρ̣-
μουπόλ(εως) ἀ̣να̣[γ]ραφό[μενος] ἐπʼ ἀμ-
φ̣[ό]δ̣ου Φρ̣ο̣[υρί]ου λιβὸς Ἀνουβίων̣[ι]
Σαραπί̣ω̣νος Ἑρμοπ̣[ο]λ̣(ίτῃ) χ(αίρειν). ὁμολ̣ο̣γ[ῶ]
πεπρακέναι σοι τὴν ὑπάρχ̣ο̣υ̣-
σάν μοι βοῦς πυρὸν̣ χρ[ῶ]μ̣α̣
μίαν καὶ α̣ὐτόθεν τε ἀπέ̣χω πα̣ρ̣ὰ̣
σοῦ τὴν συνπεφωνημέν[ην]
τιμὴν ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἑ̣ξ[ή]κ̣ο̣ν̣-
τα δύο (γίνονται) ἀργ(υρίου) (δραχμαὶ)
ξβ καὶ [βεβαιώσ]ω̣ πάσῃ β̣εβεώσι. (ἔτους) ι̣β̣
[Αὐτο]κρ̣[άτο]ρο[ς] Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδρια̣νοῦ Σεβα̣στ̣[οῦ]
Φαμενὼ̣ ε.
Harpaesis [...] from Hermopolis, registered at the quarter of the Fortress, to Anoubion, son of Sarapion, citizen of Hermopolis, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you the one cow belonging to me, of reddish color, and I have received from you the agreed-upon price of sixty-two silver drachmas (total: 62 silver drachmas), and I will guarantee this sale with every guarantee. Year 12 of Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, Phamenoth 5.