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Receipt for palm-fibre ropes delivered by komarchs of the hamlet of Achilleus TM 33476Hermopolites (?)IV

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A receipt in which Aurelius Besatos, a chaff-dealer from a hamlet in the Hermopolite region, acknowledges receiving 1,500 bundles of palm-fibre ropes from the two village heads (komarchs) of the hamlet of Achilleus. The end of the text is lost.

In English machine translation

Aurelius Besatos son of Hatres, his mother being Kollauchis, chaff-dealer (?), from the hamlet of […]nydis, to Aurelii Tyrannos son of Patos and Kopreas son of Polis, komarchs of the hamlet of Achilleus, greetings. I have received from you on account, on behalf of your aforementioned hamlet, of ropes of palm fibre 1,500 bundles, total 1,500, of which […] […] […] reckoned (?) […] […] […]

The occupation is abbreviated as achyr(arios), usually understood as a chaff-dealer or chaff-collector. Komarchs were village officials responsible for local liturgical deliveries.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Ropes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV · Hermopolites (?)

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