List of contributions
List of contributions for the fuel (?) of a public bath, with one item 'for the 15th indiction for Takona' (perhaps for the stables there). The list though short is said to be 'for the whole city'.
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Contributions toward fuel for the new northern public bath TM 22104Oxyrhynchus6th or 7th century
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A summary list of money contributions, in gold solidi and carats, toward the fuel costs of the new northern public bath of Oxyrhynchus, assessed on the whole city. Contributors include the glorious house (the Apion estate), the church, and various aristocratic houses and heirs, with an extra charge for Takona in the 15th indiction.
In English machine translation
† Summary of the fuel charges (?) of the public northern new bath, from 27 solidi, and for the 15th (indiction) for Takona 1 solidus 19 1/4 carats, total 28 solidi 19 1/4 carats, of the whole city, as follows:
Through the glorious house 8 solidi 15 carats, of which for the 15th (indiction) for Takona 1 solidus 19 1/4 carats, remainder 6 solidi 19 1/2 1/4 carats.
Through the holy church 3 solidi 6 1/4 carats.
Through the house of the most glorious Comes 4 solidi 8 carats.
Through the heirs of Ptolemaios, most glorious, 2 solidi 19 1/4 carats.
Through the same, for the half share of the pagarchy, 1 solidus 10 1/2 carats.
Through the most glorious Ioustos and his brothers 2 solidi 16 carats.
Through the same, for the other half share of the pagarchy, 1 solidus 10 1/2 carats.
Through the heirs of Valerius, comes, 21 1/4 carats.
Through the most magnificent Euphemia 1 solidus 16 1/2 carats.
Through the heirs of Theodoulos, spectabilis, 1 solidus 14 1/4 carats.
Through those from Ieme 1 1/2 1/4 carats.
The term enkaumata, rendered 'fuel charges', refers to the costs of heating the bath; its exact sense is uncertain. APIS dates the text more loosely to the 6th or 7th century.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contributions for a Public Bath). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.oxy.16.2040
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