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Fragmentary account of payments of one gold solidus each to six men called symmachoi (couriers or armed messengers), totalling six solidi. It dates to the 6th century AD in Egypt.
A symmachos in late antique Egypt was a courier or armed attendant in the service of an estate or official; the term has no exact English equivalent. The beginning of the account is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Payments to σύμμαχοι). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […] οὕτως Ἄπα Ὧρ συμμάχῳ νομισμάτιον α Ἰωάννῃ συμμάχῳ νομισμάτιον α Ἰούστῳ συμμάχῳ νομισμάτιον α Σηλήνῳ συμμάχῳ νομισμάτιον α Ἰσαὰκ συμμάχῳ νομισμάτιον α Ἀπολλῶ συμμάχῳ νομισμάτιον α † γίνεται ὅλον νομιτευόμενα νομισμάτια ἔξ, γίνεται ὅλον νομιτευόμενα νομισμάτι…
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