Fragmentary set of payment receipts dated in year 7 and 6 of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian (AD 291), recording sums of drachmas paid toward the annona (state supplies) and for the price of wine and oil. One receipt is dated Epeiph 13, which corresponds to 7 July 291.
In English machine translation
[A]
[…] … Year 7 and 6 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti
[… 1 line lost …]
[…] … of the annona (?)
[…] of the same Paie (?) and others
[…] … 1,200 drachmas, total 1,200 drachmas …
[B]
[… 2 lines lost …]
[…] … of the annona […] from … […]
[C]
[…] Year 7 and Year 6 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti, Epeiph 13, I paid (?) and
[… 1 line lost …]
[…] … for the price of wine and oil 1/2 and
[…] on account 200 drachmas […] talents …
[…] … 9 (?) … the same …
[…] … and for the price of wine and
[…] … total 176 drachmas, 176 drachmas.
The annona was the state levy in kind for supplying the army and officials, here partly commuted to money payments. The word read as 'I paid' (διεπαισα) is an uncertain interpretation of a garbled form.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as p.fuad.i.univ.App_II_92). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.