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Village-by-village account of payments toward arrears in the Arsinoite nome TM 28146ArsinoitesII

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An account of money payments arranged by village in the Arsinoite nome (Kerkesoucha, Berenikis, Magdola, Ibion Argaiou), listing individual payers, amounts in drachmas and obols, and village totals, including sums applied to arrears in the divisions of Themistos and Polemon. The verso refers to a roll of monthly bank statements for Phamenoth. It dates to the 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto, column 1] […] […] 4 drachmas […] 110 drachmas [and towards] the arrears of Themistos […] Aphrod[…] 4 drachmas […] 114 Kerkesoucha, year 7 Akes, in place of Satabous, his mother being Taorsenouphis, 4 drachmas 1 1/2 obols [and] towards the arrears of the grain collection of Polemon Akemorsis son of Akeis 4 drachmas Patynis son of Heron 16 drachmas of the grain collection of Themistos Nennephis […] Akemorsis […] Harpokra[…] […] […] [column 2] […] son of Peteeus [drachmas] […] Akes son of Chairion 9 drachmas Akeponnes son of Akeis 8 drachmas Onnophris son of A[…] 8 drachmas Total 211 drachmas 1 1/2 obols Berenikis, year 6 Dorion son of Dorion 31 drachmas 3 1/2 obols and towards the arrears of debts of Polemon […] of Zoilos also called Kapitol[…], son of Tryphon 8 drachmas [grain collection (?)] of Themistos […]on also called Apion, son of Diodoros 14 drachmas […]dios 8 drachmas S[…]on son of Lucius 4 drachmas Total 65 drachmas 3 1/2 obols Magdola, year […] Sabinus son of D[…] 12 drachmas and towards the arrears of Themistos Dioskoros son of Sansneus 8 drachmas Total 20 drachmas Ibion Argaiou, year 7 […] Demetrios son of Heraklas […] drachmas Ammonios son of Teos 24 drachmas Thaesis daughter of Menches 8 drachmas […] […] of Themistos […] 14 drachmas […]mos 8 drachmas [column 3] […] Hatres son of Horsisouchos […] Chaireis son of Her[…] Papontos […] Total, year 7 […] [verso] Of Isidoros […] […] from the roll of monthly statements of the bank […] of the month Phamenoth […]

Themistos and Polemon are the two administrative divisions (merides) of the Arsinoite nome; the entries record payments credited to arrears of grain collection and debts there. The verso mentions extracts from a roll (tomos) of monthly bank reports.

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.

bgu.2.474

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Arsinoites

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