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HGV: P.Oxy. 4 731 [source] [xml]

Title Engagement of Services
Publications P.Oxy. 4 731
More in series P.Oxy.More in series P.Oxy., vol. 4
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries XII 136
Translations Pap. Lup. 11, 2002, S. 152
Origin Oxyrhynchos
More from Oxyrhynchos
Material Papyrus
Date 9 - 10
More from the period between 9 CE and 10 CE
Commentary Neudruck: Pap. Lup. 11, 2002, S. 151f.
Subjects Vertrag; Dienst; Feste
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 20431 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 4 731 (Grenfell, Bernard P. / Hunt, Arthur S.; 1904)
Inv. no. Manchester, University Museum 7228
Date AD 9 Aug 29 - 10 Aug 28
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found & written]

DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.4.731 [xml]

AD 8-9 Oxyrhynchus

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1σ̣υμ̣[- ca.20 -]η̣ καὶ ο[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
σιοις [τ]ο̣ῦ̣ ἐνάτου καὶ τριακοσ[το]ῦ ἔτο[υ]ς Καί-
σαρος μέχρι Θωὺθ τοῦ τρι[α]κοστοῦ(*) ἔτους
Καίσαρος ἐφʼ ᾧ λιτουργήσω(*) ὑμεῖν(*) κατὰ μῆ-
5να ἐνάτῃ καὶ δεκάτῃ καὶ Εἰσίοις ἡμέρας
δύο καὶ τοῖς ἄστροις Ἥρας τρῖς(*) , καὶ ἐφʼ ᾧ ἐάν
μου χρήαν(*) ἔχητε παρʼ ἡμέραν δώσε-
τέ μοι ἀργυ(ρίου) (δραχμὴν) μίαν ὀβολοὺς δύο , μισθοῦ τοῦ
ἑσταμέ[ν]ου τὸ ἔτος ἀργυ(ρίου) (δραχμὰς) τεσσαράκον-
10τα , ἐφʼ ᾧ [δ]ώσετέ μοι κατʼ ὀψώνιον ἀργυ(ρίου)
δραχμ[ὰς δεκ]α̣τρῖς(*) δύο ὀβολούς. ἧς ἡ-
μέρας η̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]ε̣ ἀργ[ή]σω ἐ[κτ]ίσω(*) ἀργυ(ρίου) δραχμὴν μί-
αν δύο ὀβ[ολού]ς. ἡ ὁ̣μ̣ομολογία(*) τῆς {α} πα-
ραμονῆς ἥδε κυρία ἔ[στω πανταχῇ ἐπιφερο-]
15μένη(*). (ἔτους) λη [Καίσαρος   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]

Apparatus


^ 3. l. τεσσαρακοστοῦ
^ 4. l. λειτουργήσω
^ 4. l. ὑμῖν
^ 6. l. τρεῖς
^ 7. l. χρείαν
^ 11. l. [δεκ]ατρεῖς
^ 12. l. ἐκτείσω
^ 13. l. ὁμολογία
^ 14-15. BL 1.327 : ἔ[στω ὡς κατακεχωρισ]μένη prev. ed.

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HGV 20431 Translation (English) [xml]

(Translation: from P.Oxy. 4) ... of the 39th year of Caesar to Thoth of the 40th year of Caesar, on condition that I give you my services on the 9th and 10th of each month and for two days at the festival of Isis and three days at the time of the stars of Hera; and if you require me you shall pay me 1 drachma 2 obols of silver daily, or a fixed yearly salary of 40 drachmae of silver, and a present of 13 drachmae 2 obols of silver; and for every day that I am unemployed I will forfeit 1 drachma 2 obols of silver. This contract of engagement shall be valid as if publicly registered. The 38th year of Caesar...