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Receipt from the actuarius Artemidoros to the receiver Menas for gold carats TM 37283Hermopolites

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A receipt (entagion) issued by Artemidoros, an actuarius, to Menas, a tax receiver, crediting him with 13 1/2 carats of gold paid through Makarios son of Phoibammon for an instalment of the 15th indiction. It comes from the Hermopolite nome and is dated Phamenoth 26.

In English machine translation

To my lord brother Menas, receiver, Artemidoros, actuarius. I credit to you for the [third] instalment of the 15th indiction, through Makarios son of Phoibammon, Her…, [thirteen and a half] carats of gold, total 13 1/2 carats [on]ly […]. I, Artemidoros, actuarius, agree to the en[tagion] for the thirteen and a half carats [of gold], as stated above. Phamenoth 26, 15th indiction. †

An actuarius was a military supply official; an entagion is a payment order or receipt. The carat (keration) was a fraction (1/24) of a gold solidus used as a unit of account.

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 Taxes). 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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