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A fragmentary ostracon listing men, identified by their fathers' names, with amounts entered against each, some in gold solidi and fractions, others marked with an abbreviation 'pl'. It includes a tractator (a tax or finance official) named Georgios and dates to the 7th century AD.
The abbreviation 'pl' is uncertain in meaning; it may refer to a unit such as plinthia or some other item. A tractator was a late Roman fiscal official involved in tax collection.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Abrechnung oder Liste). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] Π[…] Δωρ[…] Ἀντώνιος Μαθθαίου […] Πεσατε Ἰεζεκιήλ πλ α Πμαι Ἰωάννου πλ ε Φοιβάμμων Γεωργίου νομίσματος κδ Σευῆρος Θεοδώρου πλ β Στέφανος Ἰωσήφ πλ η Θεωδοράκιος Εἰωήλ νομίσματα δ η Βίκτωρ Δαυίδ νομίσματα γ κδ μη … [… ? lines lost …] […] ζ 𐅷 κδ Μακάριος νομίσματα…
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