Receipt
Receipt issued to the demosios logos of Aphrodito by the tribune of Antaiopolis, on the receipt of his annual salary. Subscription almost completely faded on the verso. Belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.
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Receipt for customary dues paid by Aphrodito to the tribune of Antaiopolis TM 36795AntinoopolisVI Century AD
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A receipt from the tribune of Antaiopolis, issued through his domesticus Victor, acknowledging that the villagers of Aphrodito paid him, through the receiver Ioannes, his customary dues of 2 gold solidi less 4 carats for the fourth indiction. It was written on 11 April 540 in the Antaiopolite nome and belongs to the archive of Dioskoros.
In English machine translation
The people of the village of Aphrodite have paid, through Ioannes, the most admirable receiver, the customary dues given by you according to custom to the tribune of Antaiopolis for the time being, for the assessment of the fourth indiction, 2 solidi of gold less 4 carats by the goldsmiths' standard; total 2 gold solidi less 4 carats by the goldsmiths' standard.
And for your security I have made the receipt according to custom, as aforesaid.
The devoted tribune, through me, Victor, domesticus: the receipt is satisfactory to me as aforesaid.
Pharmouthi 16, indiction 3.
The payment, called synetheiai (customary dues), is described in the museum record as the tribune's annual salary; it is paid in advance on the assessment of the following (fourth) indiction. One record gives Antinoopolis as the place, but the others give the Antaiopolite nome.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittance). 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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