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Σωσίπατρος …[…] Διονυσίωι χαίρειν. χρημάτισον εἰς Θωῦθ τοῦ β ἔτους ὥστε τοῖς ἐν τῶι νομῶι ἱππεῦσι μισθοφόροις χιλίας, γίνεται Α. ἔτους β Θωῦθ θ
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Payment order of Sosipatros for mercenary cavalrymen TM 128734Herakleopolites3. Okt. 131 v.Chr.
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A payment order from Sosipatros to Dionysios instructing him to pay 1,000 (probably drachmas) to the mercenary cavalry stationed in the nome for the month of Thoth of year 2. It dates to 3 October 131 BC, in the Herakleopolite nome.
In English machine translation
Sosipatros […] to Dionysios, greetings. Pay out for Thoth of year 2 to the mercenary cavalrymen in the nome 1,000, total 1,000.
Year 2, Thoth 9
The verb chrematizein here means to pay out or credit an amount on an order. The unit of the 1,000 is not stated.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zahlungsauftrag des Sosipatros). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.