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A receipt in which Demeas, heir of a comes and former magistrate, acknowledges receiving from the banker Victor 2 1/4 gold carats as a share of the rent of the storehouse belonging to Saint Phoibammon. It is dated Hathyr 19 of a second indiction, in the second half of the 6th century AD.
The Greek is ungrammatical: Demeas seems to be the heir of a deceased comes and former magistrate, though the phrase could also describe Demeas himself. The storehouse probably belonged to a church or monastery of Saint Phoibammon; a carat (keration) was a fraction (1/24) of a gold solidus.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ricevuta di parte dell’ affitto di una bottega). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] παρὰ Δημέας † κόμετος καὶ ἀπὸ ἀρχόντων κληρονόμου Βίκτορι τραπεζίτῃ. ἐδεξάμην καὶ ἐπληρώθην παρὰ σοῦ τοῦ μερισμοῦ τοῦ ἐνοικίου τῆς ἀποθήκης τοῦ ἁγίου Φοιβάμμωνος χρυσοῦ κεράτια δύο τέταρτον, γίνονται χρυσοῦ κεράτια β δ μόνον. ἔγραψα Ἁθὺρ ιθ ἰνδικτίονος δευτέρας † Δημέας συμφω…
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