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A receipt in which Anastasios, a riparius (local police official), acknowledges payment from Phib son of Kouris, a symmachos (courier) and doorkeeper, of the customary fee owed to the riparius for the second indiction: 3 gold solidi less 13 1/2 carats. It comes from the Oxyrhynchite nome and dates to the 5th or 6th century AD.
A riparius was a late Roman police official and a symmachos a messenger or courier; the meaning of 'symmachia of the court' is uncertain. The 'private standard' refers to a weighing standard for gold distinct from the public one.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Apocha). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
† † ἔσχον ἐγὼ Ἀναστάσιος ῥιπάριος παρὰ Φὶβ Κοῦρι συμμάχου καὶ προσθυραίου τῆς συμμαχίας δικαστηρίας ὑπὲρ συνηθείας τοῦ ῥιπαρίου κατὰ τὸ ἔθος ὑπὲρ δευτέρας ἰνδικτίονος χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια τρία παρὰ κεράτια δέκα τρία ἥμισυ ἰδιωτικῷ ζυγῷ γίνονται χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια γ παρὰ κεράτια ιγ 𐅵 …
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