Fragment of a statement about payments
A fragment of a statement about payments.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1015
Fragment of a statement about payments from the former estate of Apollonios TM 1015Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)16th July, 239 B.C.
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Fragment of a statement about payments in copper money, dated Year 8, Pachon 28 (16 July 240 BC), from Philadelphia in the Fayum. It mentions Aristonikos, an oikonomos (financial official), the king, individuals named Petoys, Samoys and Herieus, and the former gift-estate of Apollonios near Philadelphia.
In English machine translation
Year 8, Pachon 28 […]
Year 8, Pachon 28 […]
Aristonikos […]
[…]on, oikonomos (?) […]
[…] to the king […]
[…]
[…] of Petoys son of […]
[…] towards the price […]
[…]
and of Samoys […]
for year 8, of the [former gift-estate] of Apollonios […]
around Philadelphia, of the […]
of Herieus, 5 […] in copper […]
paid […]
5 […] in copper […]
The date line is written twice. One record gives the date as 239 BC instead of 240 BC; the 'gift-estate' (dorea) was land granted by the king to the finance minister Apollonios, here described as 'former'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a statement about payments). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.zen.3.59372
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