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A rent receipt issued to the farmer Taurinos for payment in gold, 5 solidi less 25 carats, from the rents of the land he farms, for the crops of a fifth indiction year. A priest named Taurinos confirms the sum. The back carries a fragmentary note asking the recipient to learn what is to be done. Sixth century AD, Hermopolis.
The farmer and the presbyteros (priest or elder) who confirms the payment share the name Taurinos. The solidus was reckoned at 24 carats, so the sum deducted is slightly more than one solidus.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Pachtzinsquittung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Ταυρίνῳ γεωργῷ· ἐδεξάμην παρά σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκφορίων τοῦ γεωργίου τοῦ ὑπό σου γεωργουμένου ὑπὲρ καρπῶν πέμπτης ἰνδικτίονος χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια πέντε παρὰ κεράτια εἰκοσιπέντε μόνα· Ταυρῖνος πρεσβύτερος στοιχεῖ μοι τὸ τῶν πέντε νομισματίων παρὰ κεράτια εἰκοσιπέντε , καὶ ἑτοίμως ἔχω…
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