A short Greek order or note concerning a payment of 17 gold solidi and 14 1/2 carats, addressed to Phoibammon, estate manager (pronoetes) of the hamlet of Hermodoros, on behalf of Pleious for arrears of the second indiction. It is dated Hathyr 24 of a second indiction, with a signed confirmation of the amount, and comes from Egypt in the 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
From Phoibammon […]
☧ To Phoibammon, pronoetes of the hamlet of Hermodoros […]
on behalf of Pleious, son of the same, for the second indiction, from the arrears […]
17 gold solidi, (in figures) 17, and 14 1/2 carats […]
Written Hathyr 24, 2nd indiction. † I have signed for 17 gold solidi […]
A pronoetes was a manager or agent of an estate or village; the carat (keration) was a fraction of the gold solidus (1/24). The right side of every line is lost, so the exact relationship of the parties is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order for Payment). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.