A fragmentary account of expenses in gold solidi and carats from Aphrodito in the Antaiopolite nome, listing payments for interest, eggs, a payment order and a contribution for the Numidian troops. The total of 532 solidi is balanced against public tax collections and a sum paid through the village headman Apollos.
In English machine translation
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[…] shepherd(?) 5 solidi
[…] 1 solidus 12 carats
[…] 1 solidus 16 carats
[…] for interest 1 solidus 6 carats
[…] 14 carats
[…] 1 solidus 6 carats
[…] 20 1/2 carats
[…] 14 carats
[…] 7 carats
[…] entagion (payment order) through Iakkybios and the others 9 2/3(?) carats
[…] for eggs 7 carats
[…] 18 1/2 carats
[…] 2 carats
[…] 1 1/2 1/4 carats
[…] the businessman and the others […] solidi 18 1/2 carats
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of the third four-month period, for the most noble Numidians 20 solidi 20 carats
Total 460 solidi 21 1/2 carats
Makes 532 solidi 18 1/2 1/4 carats
Of which, for receipts of the collection of all public taxes 521 solidi 22 1/4 carats
and for what was given through the lord Apollos, protokometes, 10 solidi 8 1/2 carats
Total 532 solidi 18 1/2 1/4 carats. The account is complete.
The 'most noble Numidians' were a military unit supported by local levies; Apollos the protokometes (village chief) is known as the father of Dioskoros of Aphrodito, suggesting a 6th-century date. Fraction symbols are uncertain readings.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of expenses). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.