cpr.6.43
παρὰ Αἰλιανοῦ Ἀπολλωνίῳ χειριστῇ. δὸς Ἁρεοῦτι κατασπορεῖ εἰς τὰ διʼ αὐτοῦ ἀναλώματα, ὧν λόγον δώσει, ἀργυρίου τάλαντα ἕξ, γίνεται ἀργυρίου τάλαντα ϛ. ἐσημειωσάμην ἓξ τάλαντα ἀργυρίου. […] ἰνδικτίονος μηνὸς Ἁθὺρ α… ἀνάλωσον
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A payment order from Aelianus instructing Apollonios, an estate manager (cheiristes), to pay Hareotes 6 talents of silver for expenses he will account for. It dates from the early 4th century AD, from Pesla in the Hermopolite nome or Hermopolis.
A cheiristes was a manager handling payments on a private estate. The term rendered 'sower' (kataspores) is uncertain in meaning and may denote an agricultural worker responsible for sowing.
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.
παρὰ Αἰλιανοῦ Ἀπολλωνίῳ χειριστῇ. δὸς Ἁρεοῦτι κατασπορεῖ εἰς τὰ διʼ αὐτοῦ ἀναλώματα, ὧν λόγον δώσει, ἀργυρίου τάλαντα ἕξ, γίνεται ἀργυρίου τάλαντα ϛ. ἐσημειωσάμην ἓξ τάλαντα ἀργυρίου. […] ἰνδικτίονος μηνὸς Ἁθὺρ α… ἀνάλωσον
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