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A receipt issued by the church of Hermopolis through its steward Kollouthos to Viktor, a tow-worker, for payment of rent on land held under long-term (emphyteutic) lease on behalf of the heirs of Ameiolios. He paid 22 1/2 gold carats for the crops of the twelfth indiction; the receipt dates to the 6th century AD.
Emphyteutic rent was paid on land held under a long-term hereditary lease, here owned by the church. The carats were reckoned on the Alexandrian standard.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[b] † ἡ ἁγία τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησία Ἑρμουπόλεως διʼ ἐμοῦ Κολλούθου προνοητοῦ μερίδος Ἑρμουπόλεως τῷ ἀδελφῷ Βίκτορει στιππουργῷ. δέδωκ ὑπὲρ πάκτου ἐμφυτευτικοῦ ὑπὲρ κληρονόμων Ἀμειολίου καρπῶν δωδεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος χρυσοῦ κεράτια εἴκοσι δύο ἥμισυ γίνεται χρυσοῦ κεράτια κβ 𐅵 Ἀλεξανδρεία…
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