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A payment order from Georgios to Paulos, the official who received gold payments, instructing him to pay Petros, through Markos, two solidi for workmen employed at a farmstead, and to take a receipt. It dates to Phaophi 19 of a tenth indiction, probably in the 6th or 7th century AD, likely in the Arsinoite nome.
"Dirty" (rhypara) solidi were coins of lower standard or reduced weight, accepted at less than full value. The epikeimenos was an official or overseer placed in charge, here probably of the estate work.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zahlungsanweisung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
† † † κυρίῳ Παύλῳ χρυσυποδέκτῃ Γεώργιος. παράσχου τῷ κυρίῳ Πέτρῳ ἐπικειμένῳ διὰ Μάρκου ὑπὲρ ἐργατῶν ἐργαζομένων εἰς τὸ ἐποίκιον δεχόμενος παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἀποχὴν χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια δύο ῥυπαρὰ γίνεται νομισμάτια β. ῥυπαρὰ μόνα. Φαῶφι ιθ δεκάτης ἰνδικτίωνος. ☧ ☧ ☧
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