An account listing payments in gold solidi made through various messengers (symmachoi), recorded by Herakleas son of Sarapion from Tosachmis on behalf of the heirs of the most illustrious former governor Horos. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome and dates to the 5th or 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] … of the sums paid in: Herakleas son of Sarapion […] from Tosachmis, from the masters, the heirs of […] Horos, most illustrious, former governor, as follows:
[…] through Pamoun, symmachos, 4 solidi
[…] through Aroth, symmachos, 4 solidi
[…] through Isak, symmachos, 4 solidi
[…] through the same Isak, symmachos, 4 solidi
[…] through Pergamos, symmachos, 4 solidi
[…] through Apa Sion, symmachos, 2 1/2 solidi
[…] through Anouthis, symmachos, 2 1/2 solidi
[…] through Pamoun, symmachos, likewise 2 1/2 solidi
[…] through Aol, symmachos, likewise 2 1/2 solidi
[…] Aol likewise […] 2 1/2 solidi
[…]
A symmachos was a courier or armed messenger employed by large estates in late antique Egypt. The beginning of each line and the end of the list are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Liste mit Zahlungen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.