A summary account (breve) from the village of Andromachis in the Arsinoite nome listing amounts of wheat, barley, money in talents and oil owed or recorded on the basis of signed acknowledgements by individual villagers, including several soldiers, and the village community. It dates to the mid-4th century AD.
In English machine translation
[1]
Of the village of Andromachis.
Summary of wheat and barley from written acknowledgements (cheirographs).
They are as follows:
Euporos son of Hermeias, wheat 6 […] artabas
Kyrillos son of Aunion, wheat […] artabas
barley 6 2/3 artabas
Helles son of Horion, barley 9 artabas
Agathos son of Annes, wheat 30 artabas
barley […] artabas
Phileas son of […], barley […] artabas
[…], wheat 13 1/2 artabas
Ech…as son of Aunion, wheat 11 1/2 artabas
barley 6 2/3 artabas
Sarmates son of Hekousis, wheat 54 artabas
barley 55 artabas
Melas son of Aunion, wheat 4 artabas
barley 6 2/3 artabas
Aunion son of Ninnas, wheat 105 artabas
barley 35 artabas
Kialis, soldier, wheat 4 artabas
Maron son of Hermeias, wheat 103 artabas
barley 49 1/2 artabas
[margin] likewise
[1]
Aunion, wheat 6 2/3 artabas
Eutos son of Antinoos, wheat 24 artabas
[2]
Ioustos son of Kyrillos, wheat … artabas
barley 20 artabas
Aunes, soldier, wheat 6 artabas
barley 5 artabas
Horion son of Annes, wheat … 2/3 artabas
barley […] artabas
From the community of those from the village of Andromachis, wheat 20 artabas
barley 20 artabas
Money items likewise:
Mouses, soldier, silver 600 talents
and […]
Agathos and Polion, 560 talents
Maron son of Hermeias, 1,600 talents
Mouses … of Melaneutes
son of Polion, silver 500 talents
Ioustos son of Kyrillos, silver 300 talents
Aunion son of Ninnas, silver 1,240 talents
Kiales, soldier, 200 talents
Apes son of Paulos, 180 talents
Sarmates son of Hekousis,
without written acknowledgement, 200 talents
Kastor son of Mallites, silver 300 talents
[3]
Kopres son of Paulos, radish oil … sextarii
Iekon son of Peeies, … sextarii
Horion son of Dioskoros, good oil 3 sextarii
Aion son of Kopres, good oil 15 sextarii
[…]ios, silver 81(?) talents
[…], soldier, 300 talents
Anouphis son of Leontios, 112 talents
Akoueis son of Misthios, 500 talents
Panouphis, 100 talents
The large sums in talents reflect the heavy inflation of the 4th century. Cheirographs were handwritten acknowledgements, here apparently of debts or deliveries.
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.