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Five-day account of fishing revenues from Theadelphia and Polydeukeia TM 12578Theadelphia (Arsinoites)23. Okt. 138

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A five-day account submitted to the strategos Aelius Numisianus by the overseers of pastures and marsh-thicket at Theadelphia and Polydeukeia, reporting the money taken from fishing between 21 and 25 Phaophi. The total was 141 drachmas; the record-keeper Apollonios acknowledged receipt on 23 October 138 AD.

In English machine translation

To Aelius Numisianus, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Themistos and Polemon divisions, from Ptolemaios son of Eudaimon and Gaius Longus son of Dioskoros and Sarapion son of Sabinus and Gaius Longinus Celer and Gaius Longinus Priscus the other, and Didymos son of Didymos and Didymos son of Herakleides and Sabinus son of Souchion and partners, overseers of pastures and of the marsh-thicket of Theadelphia and Polydeukeia. Account of the proceeds from the catch of fish from the 21st to the 25th of the month Phaophi of year 2 of Antoninus Caesar the lord. It is as follows: 21st, […] drachmas 4 obols; 22nd, […] drachmas 2 obols; 23rd, […]3 drachmas 1 obol; 24th, 47 drachmas 1 obol; 25th, 35 drachmas 4 obols, total for the five-day period 141 drachmas. I, Ptolemaios son of Diodoros, have submitted it. Year 2 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Phaophi 26. Apollonios, keeper of records: I have received a copy of this.

The overseers (epiteretai) were liturgical supervisors of state revenues, here pastures and a 'drymos', a marshy thicket where fishing took place. The name of the submitter, Ptolemaios son of Diodoros, differs from the Ptolemaios son of Eudaimon in the heading.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Revenue Account from the Inspectors of Fishing). 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 · 23. Okt. 138 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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