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Receipt for rent in wheat and barley for land near Phthla TM 18879Aphrodites kome (Antaiopolites)AD 547-48

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A fragmentary receipt from Aphrodito, AD 547-548, issued by the priest and steward Victor on behalf of the sons of the late councillor Kyros, including Theodosios. It acknowledges rent of 29 1/3 artabas of wheat and barley paid by the heirs of Apollos, represented by Dioskoros and his brother-in-law Phoibammon, for land near Phthla for the eleventh indiction.

In English machine translation

[recto] ☧ Flavii […] and Theodosios, sons of Kyros of illustrious memory, former councillor, through me, Victor son of Psaios, through Flavius Victor […], most reverend priest and steward, to the heirs of Apollos son of Dioskoros, through Dioskoros his son, and Phoibammon his son-in-law, greetings. I have received from you for the rent of the arouras held by you in various places in the plain of the village of Phthla, in the allotment of Piase, for the assessment of the eleventh indiction, as follows: for the allotment of Apa Onnophrios, 21 1/3 artabas of grain-and-barley in equal halves, with the charges, and outside the dike […] for the land held by the said Dioskoros, 2 2/3 artabas of grain-and-barley in equal halves, and for the land held by the said Phoibammon, inside the dike in the place Pirion […] 5 1/3 artabas of grain-and-barley in equal halves; total 29 1/3 artabas with the charges. And for your security I have issued this receipt with my signature as stated above. The aforesaid landowners, through me, Victor, priest: the receipt is satisfactory to me as stated above. Written […] ☧ […] [verso] […] Theodosios, (sons) of Kyros, former councillor […] of the allotment of Apa Onnophrios inside the dike […] the produce […]

"Grain-and-barley" (sitokrithon) means rent paid half in wheat and half in barley. The left side is largely lost, so the opening names and parts of the issuer's description are restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment de quittance). 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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Fragment of a receipt

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE47877 · AD 547-48 · Aphrodites kome (Antaiopolites)

Fragment of receipt issued by Victor, in the name of the sons and heirs of the decurion Kyros, to the heirs of Apollos, represented by two of their number, Dioscoros et Phoibammon. The left part is almost completely missing, and the last line is completel

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 547 - 548 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

[r] ☧ Φλάυιοι[…]καὶΘεοδόσιος, υἱοὶ τοῦ τῆς λαμπρᾶς μνήμης Κύρου πολιτευσαμένου, διʼ ἐμοῦ βίκτορος Ψαίου διὰ Φλαυίου Βίκτορος[…], εὐλαβεστάτου πρεσβυτέρου καὶ προνοητοῦ, κληρονόμοις Ἀπολλῶτος Διοσκόρου διὰ Διοσκόρου υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ Φοιβάμμωνος γαμβροῦ, χαίρειν. ἐδεξάμην παρʼ ὑμῶν …