A receipt issued to the farmer Amotheis, son of Athenasis, acknowledging payment of rent in gold, wheat and oil for the crop of an 8th indiction. It is dated Epeiph 8 and bears a subscription or order in the name of Theodoros, a bishop, probably from Aphroditopolis in the 5th or 6th century AD.
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… Aphrotis (?). I have received from you,
Amotheis, son of the deacon (?) Athenasis, farmer,
Aphrotis (?): 1 solidus of gold less 4 carats, for rent from there,
through wheat 5 artabas, and through the steward (pronoetes) of wheat 6 artabas,
and for the crop of the 8th indiction, 6 choes of oil; total 6 artabas of wheat and 6 choes of oil
only. Epeiph 8, 8th indiction. †
Theodoros, bishop: give (?) 6 artabas of wheat
and 6 choes of oil, for the 8th indiction.
The Greek is highly irregular; 'Aphrotis' may be a garbled form of the place name Aphrodito, and 'diak(on)' may mean deacon or be part of another expression. The bishop's line 'dos' appears to be an order to give the stated amounts.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.