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Receipt from the overseer of linen-weavers for a loom payment TM 35988Arsinoites (?)VI

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Receipt issued by Philotheos, overseer of the linen-weavers, to a linen-weaver, son of the late deacon Ioannes, for half a gold solidus paid for a linen-weaving loom for the thirteenth indiction just past. It dates to the 6th century AD, probably from the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

I, Philotheos, the overseer (epistates) of the linen-weavers, have received and been paid in full [by …] and him, linen-weaver, son of Ioannes, the late deacon of the holy [… for] the linen-weaving loom (histarion) of the just past thirteenth [indiction …], that is, one half gold solidus by number, gold solidus [1/2 by number] […]

The payment for the loom (histarion) may be a rent or a levy on the loom; one record classes the text as a rent receipt. The ends of all lines are lost, including the payer's name.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VI · Arsinoites (?)

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