One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 20095
Counter-receipt for delivery of wine for soldiers' provisions TM 20095Antaiopolis26. Dez. 380
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A counter-receipt in which Aurelius Stephanos, supervisor of supplies from Antaiopolis, confirms delivering 2,000 sextarii of wine to Hermeias son of Sarapammon and his fellow distributors for the soldiers stationed with them, as part of the tax levy of the 9th indiction. It was written at Antaiopolis on 26 December 380.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Aurelius Stephanos son of Eleusinios, supervisor (epimeletes) of the 9th indiction, from Antaiopolis, to Aurelii Hermeias son of Sarapammon and his partners, distributors at Philai (?) of the 9th indiction, greetings.
I have brought and delivered to you, for the provisioning of the most noble soldiers stationed with you, from the delegatio of the canon of the ninth indiction, 2,000 sextarii of wine, total 2,000 sextarii of wine, and I have issued to you this counter-receipt for security, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent.
In the consulship of our masters Gratian for the 5th time and Theodosius for the 1st time, the eternal Augusti, Choiak 30. I, Aurelius Stephanos, have issued the counter-receipt as aforesaid.
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[verso]
[…] this counter-receipt […] made (?) in Antaiopolis
An antapochon is a counter-receipt issued by the deliverer to the recipient; the delegatio was the annual tax assessment for supplies (annona), here for military provisioning. The reading of the place name Philai for the distributors is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Gegenquittung (ἀντάποχον)). 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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