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A tax receipt in which Flavius Ioannes, an optio, credits Herminos, an actuarius, with payments made through Phoibammon son of Kollouthos and his sons for the second assessment of the tenth indiction. The total is 9 gold solidi less 12 carats, including a sum for the collectors; it comes from the Hermopolite nome.
The optio and actuarius were military supply officials in Late Roman Egypt; "prostagma" here denotes an assessment or tax levy. Amounts are expressed as solidi "less" a number of carats (1/24 of a solidus).
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 Taxes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
κυρίῳ μου ἀδελφῷ Ἑρμίνῳ ἀκτουαρίῳ Ἰωάννης ὀπτίων· λογίζομαί σοι ὑπὲρ δευτέρου προστάγματος δεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος διὰ Φοιβάμμωνος Κολλούθου Προοῦτος καὶ τῶν υἱῶν χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια ὀκτὼ παρὰ κεράτια ὀκτὼ καὶ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀπαιτητῶν χρυσοῦ νομισμάτιον ἓν παρὰ κεράτια τέσσαρα , γίνεται χρυσ…
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