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A receipt issued by two gymnasiarchs, Heliodoros and Athenodoros, to the elders of the village of Soknopaiou Nesos, acknowledging delivery of the chaff owed to them as fuel for heating the great gymnasium for the months Choiak and Tybi. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes probably from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Arsinoite nome.
Villages supplied chaff as fuel for the furnaces (hypokausis) heating the baths of the metropolis gymnasium, each gymnasiarch being responsible for particular months. 'Gymnasiarch in office' renders enarchos, the official currently serving.
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.
Ἡλιόδωρος γυμνασίαρχος καὶ Ἀθηνόδωρος ἔναρχος γυμνασιάρχης πρεσβυτέροις κώμης Νήσου Σοκνοπαίου χαίρειν. ἀπέχομεν παρʼ ὑμῶν τὰ ἐπιβάλλοντα ἡμῖν ἄχυρα τὰ καὶ χωροῦντα εἰς ὑπόκαυσιν τοῦ μεγάλου γυμνασίου, ὁ μὲν Ἡλιόδωρος ὑπὲρ τοῦ Χοιὰκ καὶ Ἀθηνόδωρος ὑπὲρ Τῦβι κοι […] [… ? lines los…
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