Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ὑπατείας τοῦ δ̣εσπότ[ου] ἡμ̣[ῶν Γρατια]νοῦ αἰων[ίο]υ
[Αὐ]γούστου [τὸ] δ̣ καὶ Φλ(αυίου) Μ[ερο]βαύδ[ου τοῦ λαμπ(ροτάτου), Τ]ῦβι
γ Αὐρήλιος [Μα]ρτύριος [Ἀ]φροδισί[ου ἀπὸ] τῆς λαμ(πρᾶς)
καὶ λαμ(προτάτης) Ὀ[ξυρυγ]χιτῶ̣ν̣ πόλεως, ταρσ[ικά]ριος
τὴν τέχνην, Αὐρηλίῳ Ἀνδρογέν[ει]
ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως χαίρειν. ὁμ[ολ]ογῶ [π]αρ-
ειληφέναι παρὰ σοῦ τὸν σὸν [υ]ἱὸν Φοι[β]άμμ[ω]να
ἐπὶ τῷ τοῦτον εἶναι παρʼ ἐμ[οὶ] ἐ̣ρ̣[γ]α̣[ζό]μεν[ον εἰς]
(*) τὴν τῶν τα[ρ]σικα[ρ]ίων τεχνη
(*) ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄντος
μηνοῦς Τῦβ[ι] ἕω[ς] Μεσορὴ τοῦ ἐνεστῶ[τος]
ἔτους νγ ((s-etous))
κβ ((s-etous)), λαμβάνων παρʼ ἐμοῦ ὑπὲρ [μι-]
σθοῦ ἡμερουσίως ἀνʼ ἀργυρίου δηναρίων μυ̣-
ριάδας τριάκοντα, καὶ ἐπὶ μηνὸς Φαρμοῦθι
τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐνεστῶτ[ος] ἔτους παρασχεῖν αὐτῷ
στιχάριον λινο̣ῦ̣ν̣ καινὸν ἕν · καὶ μὴ ἐξ-
εῖναί μοι τοῦτον ἀποβαλέσθαι μηδὲ κοι-
λένιν (*) τὸν σταθέντα μισθὸν πρὸ τῆς συν-
πληρώσεως τοῦ χρόνου. εἰ δὲ βούλῃ π̣[αρα-]
[δώσ]ω (*) εἰς λόγον ἕδρας καὶ ἐπιρίας (*) χάριν
[ἀργ]υρίου μυριάδας χιλίας. ἐπʼ α̣ὐ̣τοῖς δὲ κἀγὼ
(*) [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]ης τοῦ μισθο̣ῦ̣ ὁ̣μ̣οίως
μὴ ἐξεῖναί μοι αὐ̣τ̣ ̣ ̣
[ - ca.12 - ] πρὸ τῆς] σ̣υ̣ν̣π̣λη-
ρώσεως τοῦ χρόνου δι̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
[̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] λ̣όγ̣ο̣ν̣ δι̣ασῶσαί σοι. κύριον τὸ γραμμάτιον ἁπλ[οῦν] γραφέν,
καὶ ἐπερ(ωτηθεὶς) ὡμολόγ(ησα).
Αὐρήλιος Μαρτύριος ἐθέμην τὴν ὁμολογίαν
καὶ ἀποδώσω πάντα ὡς πρόκιται. Αὐρήλιος
[Δωρόθε]ος (*) Νίλου ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ γράμματα
[μὴ εἰδότ]ος.
διʼ ἐμοῦ Δι̣ο̣σ̣κ[
⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]

Latin

(No Latin text was extracted from the document.)

Translation into English

Of the consulship of our lord Gratian, eternal Augustus, and of the most illustrious Flavius Merobau, in the month of Tybi, Aurelius Martyrius of Aphrodisius from the illustrious city of Oxyrhynchus, a tarasikarios, greets Aurelius Androgenes from the same city. I acknowledge that I have received from you your son Phoibammon to be employed by me in the art of the tarasikarios from the present month of Tybi until the month of Mesore of the current year, receiving from me for his daily wage thirty thousand silver denarii, and in the month of Pharmouthi of the same current year, to provide him with one new linen sticharion. And let it not be permitted for me to lose this, nor to withhold the wage that has been established before the completion of the time. If you wish, I will give it to you in the account of the chair and for the sake of the service of a thousand myriads of silver. And I too, in regard to the wage, let it not be permitted for me to do so before the completion of the time, providing you with a reason. The document is written simply, and when asked, I acknowledged it. Aurelius Martyrius, I have made this acknowledgment and I will return everything as it pertains. Aurelius Dorotheus wrote on behalf of him letters, not knowing. Through me, Dioscorus.