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Account of payments by pipers and bagpipers in Arsinoite villages TM 10140Arsinoitesca. 131

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An account listing musicians (bagpipers, reed-pipers, a dirge-piper and other pipers) from villages of the Themistos division of the Arsinoite nome, with sums in drachmas assessed on them and amounts received. It dates to around AD 131.

In English machine translation

[verso, column 1] Likewise, of the division of Themistos: [Philoteri]s: Anchorimphis, bagpiper, under supervision (?), 32 drachmas to us 64 drachmas […]ekuis, bagpiper, under supervision, 72 drachmas, at (?) ⟦48 drachmas⟧ 24 drachmas to us 24 drachmas, to us 32 drachmas […]aremphis, old man, bagpiper, under supervision, 60 drachmas, at ⟦…⟧ at 16 drachmas to us 36 drachmas, remainder …2 drachmas […]…es Dioskoros, reed-piper, old man […]…pres, bagpiper, under supervision, 20 drachmas ⟦60⟧, under supervision […] drachmas to us ⟦52 drachmas⟧ 12 drachmas [Bereni]kis Aigialou: […]moros, dirge-piper, under supervision, 28 drachmas Heron, old man, bagpiper, under supervision, 16 drachmas to us 18 drachmas [Dio]nysias: [S]arapion, slave of Papyrios, at 48 drachmas to us 48 drachmas [P]tolemaios, piper, of Phremei, at 19 drachmas to us ⟦…⟧ 17 drachmas [S]otas son of Kiapis, bagpiper, at 24 drachmas to us ⟦… 60⟧ 48 drachmas [Sa]rapion, piper, son of Kiapis, at 48 drachmas to us 48 drachmas [D]ioskoros, his brother, at 48 drachmas to us 48 drachmas […]re[…] at 56 drachmas to us 40 drachmas […]…[…]a [verso, column 2] Onesimos remainder 4 (?) drachmas Sotas, son of Helene to us 48 drachmas Euhemeria: Kapiton, bagpiper to us 72 drachmas under supervision (?) … Panomieus, bagpiper […] to us …2 drachmas Theadelphia: Neilos, bagpiper to us 40 drachmas Sarapion son of Pero[…] to us […] drachmas Pr[…]…os, son of […] to us […] drachmas Ka[…] […] […]… […] 36 drachmas Charinos […] piper, of Phremei, under supervision (?) … to us ⟦88 drachmas⟧ 28 drachmas Harpalos son of Herakles to us ⟦84 drachmas⟧ 9 drachmas Neilos, piper, of Phremei, at […] drachmas to us 21 drachmas

The payments may relate to a tax or licence fee on musicians collected under epiteresis, a system of tax supervision; the recurrent 'to us' records amounts due to or received by the compilers. Abbreviations such as 'at' (epi) with sums are of uncertain meaning.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Κτηματικὸς κατάλογος). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 131 · Arsinoites

[v,1] Θεμίστου μερίδος ὁμοίως Φιλοτερίδος Ἀγχορίμφις ἀσκαύλης ἐπιτηρήσεως δραχμὰς λβ ἡμῖν δραχμὰς ξδ […]εκυιος ἀσκαύλης ἐπιτηρήσεως δραχμὰς οβ ἐπὶ δραχμαῖς κδ ἡμῖν δραχμὰς κδ ἡμῖν δραχμαὶ λβ […]αρεμφις γέρων ἀσκαύλης ἐπιτηρήσεως δραχμὰς ξ ἐπὶ ἐπὶ δραχμαῖς ιϛ ἡμῖν δραχμὰς λϛ λοιπὸ…