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Receipt for military annona paid by the headmen of Aphrodito TM 19007AntaiopolisVI Century AD (AD 514-15 ?)

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A receipt issued by Flavius Psates, quartermaster (actuarius) of the military unit stationed at Antaiopolis, through his deputy Ioannes, to the village headmen of Aphrodite. It acknowledges payment of the eighth-indiction military supplies (annona): 170 artabas of grain commuted to gold and 8,750 units of wine-and-meat ration, 5,000 of them paid in gold. It belongs to the archive of Dioskoros of Aphrodito.

In English machine translation

[From Flavius Psates, actuarius of the numerus of Antaiopolis, through me, Ioannes son of Psates,] [his deputy, to the most admirable protokometai of the village of Aphrodite. I have received] [and been paid in full by you] for [the annonae of the soldiers of Antaiopolis] [of the assessment of the] eighth indiction, in accordance with [the judicial] order, that is: of grain commuted into gold, one hundred seventy artabas, and of wine-and-meat ration eight thousand seven hundred fifty, of which five thousand in gold; total [of grain in gold] 170, of wine-and-meat 8,750, of which in gold 5,000. And for your security and that of the treasury I have made this receipt, that is formal acquittance (?), as aforesaid. Flavius Psates, actuarius of the numerus of Antaiopolis, of the assessment of the eighth [indiction], through me, Ioannes son of Psates, his deputy: this receipt is satisfactory to me, that is, of grain in gold one hundred seventy and of wine-and-meat [eight thousand] seven hundred fifty, of which in gold five thousand; total of grain in gold 170 and of wine-and-meat 8,750, of which in gold 5,000, as aforesaid.

The actuarius was the officer responsible for soldiers' supplies; 'oinokreas' is a combined wine-and-meat ration, often commuted into gold. The opening lines are entirely restored from the parallel subscription.

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.

Fragment of a receipt

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE40794 · VI Century AD (AD 514-15 ?) · Antaiopolis

Fragment of receipt relative to the annona militaris, issued to the magistrates of Aphrodito by Fl. Psates, actuarius of the numerus of Antaiopolis. Belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 514 - 515 (?) · Antaiopolis

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