cpr.8.81
† σὺν θεῷ Φλάουιος Ἀτίας δοὺξ τοῖς ἀπὸ χωρίου[…] παγαρχίας Ἀρσινοίτου. Θέμα σίτου ἐν Βαβυλῶνι[…] καὶ ἔλαχεν ὑμῖν δοῦναι[…] σίτου ἀρτάβης δίμοιρον[…] μόνην. ἐγράφη μηνὶ Μεσορὴ ιγ ἰνδικτίονος α † γίνεται σίτου ἀρτάβης δίμοιρον
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 38629
Order from the dux Flavius Atias for a wheat levy for Babylon TM 38629ArsinoitesEnde VII - Anfang VIII
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An order (entagion-type demand note) from Flavius Atias, the dux, to the inhabitants of a village in the Arsinoite pagarchy, assigning them their share of a wheat levy destined for Babylon (Old Cairo). Their share is 2/3 of an artaba of wheat. It is dated Mesore 13 of the first indiction, in the late 7th or early 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
† With God. Flavius Atias, dux, to those from the village […]
of the pagarchy of the Arsinoite (nome). Assessment (thema) of wheat at Babylon […]
and it fell to you to give […] 2/3 artaba of wheat […]
only. Written in the month of Mesore, 13th, indiction 1. †
Total: 2/3 artaba of wheat.
Thema here is a fiscal term for the assessed levy or quota imposed on a community. Babylon is the fortress-city at Old Cairo, a centre of early Islamic administration in Egypt.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Anweisung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.