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A receipt in which Didyme, acting with her brother Dionysios as guardian, acknowledges payments from Pabous son of Stotoetis toward the rent of an irrigation machine. She records two instalments of 40 drachmas each for the 8th year of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, and the text breaks off while mentioning the 7th year.
The term mechane here refers to a water-lifting device (such as a saqiya) used for irrigation, leased for an annual rent. The text breaks off, so the payment for the 7th year is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ricevuta d’affitto per una μηχανή). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Διδύμη Τρύφωνος μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Διονυσίου Παβοῦτι Στοτοήτεως χαίρειν. ἔσχον παρὰ σοῦ ἀφʼ οὗ ὀφείλεις φόρου μηχανῆς τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος η ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου καὶ Οὐήρου τῶν κυρίων Σεβαστῶν ἐπὶ λόγου δραχμὰς τεσσεράκοντα, γίνονται δραχμαὶ μ. ὁμοίως Μεσορὴ κη ἄλλας δραχμὰς τεσσεράκοντ…
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