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Receipt for gold paid toward tax arrears of the village of Aphrodite TM 19003Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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A receipt issued by the landowner Flavius Kyros, through his majordomo Stephanos, to Abraamios, assistant of the village of Aphrodite, for 4 gold solidi paid toward the village's arrears of public taxes for the fourteenth indiction, delivered through Apollos. It was written at Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome.

In English machine translation

Flavius Kyros, through me, Stephanos, majordomo, to the most admirable Abraamios, assistant (boethos) of the village of Aphrodite, greetings. I have received from you, out of the sums owed for arrears of the public taxes of the same village, assessment of the fourteenth indiction, 4 gold solidi of full weight on the public standard; total 4 gold solidi of full weight on the standard, these being fixed (?) to be paid to me through the lord Apollos. And for your security I have made out for you this receipt (entagion) as aforesaid. The aforesaid landowner, through me, Stephanos, agrees to this receipt as aforesaid. I, Aurelius Abraamios son of Dios, having been asked, wrote on his behalf, since he does not know letters.

The 'lord Apollos' is probably Apollos, father of Dioskoros of Aphrodite. The phrase 'tacta balein' is obscure and the rendering 'fixed to be paid' is uncertain; oddly the illiterate subscriber shares a name with the payee.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as 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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p.cair.masp.1.67049

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

Φλαύιος Κῦρος διʼ ἐμοῦ Στεφάνου μειζοτέρου τῷ θαυμασιωτάτῳ Ἀβρααμίῳ βοηθῷ κώμης Ἀφροδίτης χαίρειν. ἐδεξάμην παρὰ σοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν χρεωστουμένων ὑπὲρ λοιπάδος τῶν δημοσίων τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης, κανόνος τῆς τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος, χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια τέσσερα εὔσταθμα δημοσίῳ ζυγῷ· γίνε…