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Account of fishing revenue from overseers of pastures at Theadelphia TM 12579Theadelphia (Arsinoites)28. Okt. 138

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A five-day account submitted to the strategos Aelius Numisianus by the overseers of pastures and woodland of Theadelphia and Polydeukeia, listing daily revenue from fishing, 26 to 30 Phaophi, totalling 215 drachmas. It was filed on 1 Hathyr of Antoninus Pius' 2nd year (28 October 138) and acknowledged by the record keeper Apollonios.

In English machine translation

To Aelius Numisianus, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, divisions of Themistes and Polemon, from Ptolemaios son of Eudaimon and Gaius Longus son of Dioskoros and Didymos son of Didymos and Sarapion son of Patermouthis and Didymos son of Herakleides and associates, overseers of pastures and woodland of Theadelpheia and Polydeukeia. Account of the proceeds from the catching of fish from the 26th to the 30th of the month Phaophi of the present 2nd year of Antoninus Caesar the lord. It is as follows: 26th, 48 drachmas 5 obols; 27th, 36 drachmas 3 obols; 28th, 44 drachmas 11 obols; 29th, 48 drachmas 24 obols; 30th, 32 drachmas 1 obol. Total 215 drachmas. I, Ptolemaios son of Diodoros, have submitted it. Year 2 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Hathyr 1. I, Apollonios, keeper of records, have received a copy of this.

The obol figures (11, 24) exceed the usual seven obols to the drachma, so a different reckoning of small units (e.g. copper obols) seems to be used. The submitter Ptolemaios is called son of Diodoros in the subscription but 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 · 28. Okt. 138 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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