Τ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ]ς τοῦ Ἑρμησί- ω̣ν̣ο̣ς Ἑ̣ρ̣μ̣[οπ(ολίτης) ἀ]ν̣αγ̣[ραφό(μενος) ἐ]πʼ ἀμφόδ(ου) Φρο[υρίου] λ̣ι̣β̣(ὸς) [Εὐδ]αίμονι Ἑ̣ρμ[αί]ου Ἑρμοπ(ολίτῃ) χ̣α̣ί̣ρ̣ειν. ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέ- ναι σοι ὃν ἔχω ἐρ̣γατικὸν { ̣ ὄνον} ἕνα ἄρρενα μυόχρουν τιμῆ̣(ς) δὲ τῆς συμπεφωνημέ- ν̣η̣ς̣ ἀργυρίου δραχμῶν τριακο- σίων ἓξ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) τϛ, ἃς καὶ αὐτό- θ̣ε̣ν̣ ἀπέσχον παρὰ σου διὰ χειρὸς τὴν προκειμένην τιμ̣ὴν καὶ αὐτόθ[ε]ν̣ παρείλη- φ̣ας παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐν Ἑρμουπόλ(ει) τὸν ὄ̣ν̣ο̣ν καὶ βεβαιώσω̣ [σο]ι πρ(ὸς) 15 π̣ᾶ̣σ̣α̣ν βεβαίωσιν τοῦτον τοι- οῦτον ἀνε̣π̣ί̣[λη]π̣τον (*). (ἔτους) τετάρ- τ̣ο̣υ̣ α̣ὐ̣τ̣ο̣κ̣ρ̣ά̣τ̣ο̣ρ̣ο̣ς̣ καίσαρος Ν̣έ̣ρ̣ο̣υα Τρ[αιανοῦ] σεβαστοῦ Γ̣ε̣ρ̣μ̣ανικοῦ Μεχεὶρ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ] ̣ ̣ 20 ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ Ἑρμαίου ἔγραψα ὑπ(ὲρ) αὐτ[ο]ῦ [μὴ ε]ἰδότο(ς) γράμματα.
(ἔτους) τετάρ- τ̣ο̣υ̣ α̣ὐ̣τ̣ο̣κ̣ρ̣ά̣τ̣ο̣ρ̣ο̣ς̣ καίσαρος Ν̣έ̣ρ̣ο̣υα Τρ[αιανοῦ] σεβαστοῦ
"To Hermes, the citizen of Hermopolis, greetings. I acknowledge that I have sold to you one male working donkey, for the agreed price of three hundred and six drachmas, which I have also withheld from you by hand, the price in question, and you have also taken from me in Hermopolis the donkey, and I will assure you of all confirmation of this unassailable matter. In the fourth year of the Emperor Nero, Trajan, the revered Germanicus, I wrote this under his authority, without his knowledge."