Receipt of Money

Date

• 55

Summary

• Date: October 13, 55 CE.
• Place of origin: Koptos.
• Summary: The papyrus records a part-payment of a debt. The parties concerned are soldiers.
• Notes: This papyrus records a part-payment of a debt. Undoubtedly the parties concerned are soldiers. The handwriting and the spelling of the receipt are the most awkward. Unable to decipher the name of the debtor. Lines 10-11 between these two lines one washed-out line is visible, running from left to right and reaching to the above two iotas in the line 11.
• Condition of recto: A light-brown papyrus, regularly cut off at the right-hand side and partly so at the top and at the bottom.
• Hands recto: At the top and at the left-hand side there is a margin of 1 cm and one of 5.5 cm at the bottom. The text runs along the fibers. Six vertical and one horizontal folds are still visible. The handwriting and the spelling of this receipt are most awkward.
• Description, notes, transcription, and translation written by P. J. Sijpesteijn.