Tax receipt
Tax receipt issued to the inhabitants of Aphrodito, for the payment of 2 nomismata, allocated to the salary of the commentariensis (c.f. 67040). Subscription on the verso. Belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.
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Receipt for the customary fee of the commentariensis paid by Aphrodito TM 36520Aphrodites kome (Antaiopolites)VIth Century AD
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A tax receipt issued to the villagers of Aphrodito, paid through the village receiver Ioannes, for 2 gold solidi less 4 carats owed as the customary fee for the commentariensis, a provincial official. Two collectors, both named Flavius Phoibammon and serving as singulares, sign it; it belongs to the archive of Dioskoros, about AD 538-539.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† The people of the village of Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome have paid, through Ioannes, receiver (hypodektes) of the same village, to the account of the reverend commentariensis, the customary fee given according to custom, for the second instalment of the second indiction, that is, 2 gold solidi less 4 carats, by the goldsmith's standard of the same village; total 2 gold solidi less 4 carats of gold. And for your security and that of the public treasury we have made this receipt over our signature as stated above.
I, Flavius Phoibammon son of Asklas, singularis and collector of this account: the receipt is satisfactory to me as stated above.
I, Flavius Phoibammon son of Victor, singularis and collector of this account: the receipt is satisfactory to me as stated above.
[verso]
Receipt of the commentariensis, instalment of the second indiction, gold: total 2 solidi less 4 carats of gold.
The commentariensis was an official of the governor's staff in charge of records and prisons; singularis denotes a member of that staff acting as collector. The 'goldsmith's standard' (chrysochoikos) refers to a local weighing standard for gold coin.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittance d’impôt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.masp.3.67284
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