cpr.10.44
† παρὰ Πτολεμαίου πρωτοκωμήτου […] γίνονται χρυσοῦ κεράτια ιϛ μόνα Μεχεὶρ τῆς αὐτῆς […]ἰνδικτίωνος[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 37163
Receipt for a gold payment from Ptolemaios, chief village headman TM 37163ArsinoitesVI - VII
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A short receipt recording a payment of 16 carats of gold from Ptolemaios, a chief village headman (protokometes), dated in the month Mecheir of an indiction year. It comes from the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 6th or 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
† From Ptolemaios, chief village headman […]
Total: 16 carats of gold only. Mecheir of the same […] [indiction] […]
The protokometes was the leading village official responsible for collecting dues; the carat (keration) was a fraction of the gold solidus, 24 to the coin.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.