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…[…] παρὰ τοῦ εὐαγοῦς κοινοβίου τοῦ […] ἀββα Ἰσαακ διὰ τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτου ἀββα Βίκτορος διακόνου καὶ προεστῶτος ὑπὲρ ἐµβολῆς […] ὁρρί- πόλεως Ἀλεξανδρείας […] […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 37009
Receipt from the monastery of Abba Isaak for embole grain TM 37009unbekanntVI - VII
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Fragment of a receipt issued by a monastery associated with Abba Isaak, through its deacon and superior Abba Victor, concerning the embole, the grain shipped to Alexandria as tax. It dates to the 6th or 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
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From the holy monastery (koinobion) of […] Abba Isaak, [through the] most God-beloved Abba Victor, deacon and superior, for the grain-tax shipment (embole) […] granary (?) of the city of Alexandria […]
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The embole was the annual state grain levy shipped to Alexandria and on to Constantinople. The abbreviation read as 'granary' (horrea) 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 Receipt for embole). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.