A receipt issued by the church of Hermopolis through its steward Kollouthos to the farmer Victor, acknowledging payment of 22 3/4 gold carats as rent on crops for the twelfth indiction. It dates to the 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
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† The holy church of God of Hermopolis, through me, Kollouthos, steward, to Victor, farmer. You have paid for the rents of the crops of the twelfth indiction, twenty-two and a half and a quarter carats of gold, total 22 3/4 carats. Written Thoth 4.
† I, Kollouthos, steward, agree.
The steward (pronoetes) managed estate property, here for the church. The carat (keration) was a fraction of the gold solidus, 1/24.
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.