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Receipt for gold delivered by a mill for a compulsory purchase TM 15999Oxyrhynchos

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Copy of a receipt issued by the goldsmith Sarapas to the mill of Leukadeios, acting through its mill-masters Flammas and Philoumenos, for 3 1/2 grammata of refined gold delivered to the state as their share of a compulsory purchase of 28 pounds of gold ordered by the prefect Hierokles. It comes from Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

Copy. Sarapas, goldsmith, to the mill of Leukadeios, through Flammas and Philoumenos, mill-masters, greeting. You have delivered to the public account for the compulsory purchase of 28 pounds of gold, in accordance with the order of the most eminent Hierokles, on behalf of the aforementioned mill, of refined gold […] 3 1/2 grammata, total 3 1/2 grammata. Year 18 and 6, Pharmouthi 1(?) […] I, Sarapas, have signed. Gold, 3 1/2 grammata.

The regnal year '18 and 6' points to the joint reigns of Diocletian/Maximian and Constantius/Galerius (AD 302), and Hierokles is presumably the prefect of Egypt. A gramma is a small weight unit, 1/24 of an ounce.

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

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.43.3120

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchos

ἀντίγραφον. Σαραπᾶς χρυσοχοῦς μυλαίῳ Λευκαδείου διὰ Φλάμμα καὶ Φιλουμένου μυλωναρχῶν χαίρειν. παρέσχατε εἰς τὸ δημόσιον ὑπὲρ συνωνῆς λιτρῶν κη χρυσοῦ κατὰ κέλευσιν τοῦ διασημοτάτου Ἱεροκλέως ὑπὲρ τοῦ προκειμένου μυλέου χρυσοῦ καθαροῦ … ……μου γράμματα τρία ἥμισυ γίνονται γράμματα …