An account of money payments in gold solidi received from estate managers (pronoetai) of various holdings, grouped under the administrations of the counts Diogenes and Phib. It belongs to the late 6th or 7th century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus, probably from the records of a great estate.
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† Administration of the comes Diogenes.
From Apphouas, pronoetes of Meskanounis, with the rhope, 142 2/3 1/48 solidi,
from the farmers of the Great Estate, with the rhope, 26 1/4 1/24 solidi,
from Pei[…]thetairos, pronoetes of Kerkeuris, with the rhope, […] solidi,
from […]or son of Olympios, pronoetes of Petroniou, with the rhope, 73 1/2 1/4 solidi,
from […], pronoetes of Terythis, with the rhope, […] solidi,
from […] Ioannes, pronoetes of Niketou, with the rhope, […] solidi,
from […], pronoetes of Artokopion, with the rhope, 119 1/24 solidi,
from […], pronoetes of Phakra, with the rhope, 34 1/12 1/48 solidi,
from […] son of Phib, pronoetes of Nesos Lachanias, with the rhope, 32 2/3 1/8 1/48 solidi,
from […]tar for the rent of Nesos Lachanias, by the private standard, 4 solidi,
from […] of the […], by the private standard, 5 solidi.
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† Administration of the comes Phib.
From Serenos, pronoetes of Panggouleeiou, with the rhope, […] solidi,
from Apollos, pronoetes of Polemonos, with the rhope, 12 1/12 solidi (deleted: and without the rhope … solidi),
from Serenos, pronoetes of Parthenias, with the rhope, […] solidi,
from Philoxenos, pronoetes of Orthoniou, with the rhope, 223 1/6 1/96 solidi,
from […], pronoetes of Kalybe, with the rhope, 49 1/3 1/8 1/48 1/96 solidi,
from Serenos […] for the price of wheat, by the private standard, 81 1/6 1/24 1/96 solidi less 325 (carats), and with the rhope 30 2/3 1/8 1/48 solidi,
from Philoxenos […] with the rhope 213 1/2 1/8 solidi,
from I[…] with the rhope 188 1/2 1/3 1/8 1/48 1/96 solidi,
from Ioustos […] by the public standard 414 1/24 solidi,
from Apphouas […] with the rhope 3 1/2 1/3 1/8 1/48 solidi,
from […] with the rhope 151 2/3 1/96 solidi,
from […], pronoetes of the Southern Paroria, by the private standard, 156 solidi less 584 (carats),
from […], by the private standard, […] solidi,
from […], pronoetes of Papsau, by the private standard, 13 solidi less 52 (carats),
from […] for the rent of dry fodder, by the private standard, 3 solidi less 24 (carats).
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The rhope was a weighing surcharge added to gold payments, and the 'private' and 'public' standards were different weight standards for the solidus. The figures after 'less' are probably counted in carats; several fractions are uncertain in the edition.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Money Payments). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.