p.lond.4.1389
[… ? lines lost …] […]τῆς διοικήσεώς σου μὴ ὑστερῶν […]π[…]… τὸν σῖτον […]ς καὶ εἰς […]διφθέρας μὴ πέμπων ἀπαργυρισμὸν […]ε[…]ς ἑτέρων […]τῆς τῶν τοιούτων […]…ρ ἑνὰ αλλω[…]…[…] […]… τῶν ἀπόστειλον
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 19842
Fragment of an official letter about grain and money commutation TM 19842Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)709 - 714
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A small fragment of an official letter, probably from the Arab governor of Egypt to the administrator of Aphrodito, dealing with grain deliveries and money payments in lieu of goods. It dates to AD 709-714 and comes from Aphrodito in the Antaiopolite district.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] of your administration (?), not falling behind […]
[…] the grain […]
[…] and into […]
[…] registers (?), not sending a money commutation […]
[…] of others […]
[…] of such […]
[…] one (?) other […]
[…] of the […] send […]
This belongs to the Aphrodito archive of letters from the governor Qurra ibn Sharik to the pagarch Basilios. The word apargyrismos means the commutation of a payment in kind into money.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.