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Receipt for poll-tax paid by the monks Apollo and David TM 38851Bawit (Hermopolites)1. Hälfte VIII

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A receipt for a poll-tax payment of two gold solidi made by two monks, Apollo the cantor and his son David, for the 5th indiction. It is witnessed by three officials and was written by Mousaios at Bawit in the Hermopolite district in the first half of the 8th century AD.

In English machine translation

† † I have received from you, Apollo the psaltes (cantor) and David his son, the monks, for the poll-tax of the 5th indiction, two counted gold solidi, total 2 counted solidi. Phaophi 14, indiction 5. † † Serne agrees. † Elias agrees. † ☧ Victor agrees. Written by Mousaios. †

The tax term andrismos is the poll-tax levied on adult males; arithmia are solidi counted by number rather than weighed. A psaltes was a singer of psalms in the church or monastery.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Poll - tax). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 1. Hälfte VIII · Bawit (Hermopolites)

† † ἔσχον παρʼ ὑμῶν Ἀπολλὼ ψάλτου καὶ Δαυεὶτ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ οἱ μονάζοντες ἀπὸ ἀνδρισμοῦ ε ἰνδικτίονος χρυσοῦ ἀρίθμια δύο , γίνεται ἀρίθμια νομίσματα δύο . Φαῶφι ιδ ἰνδικτίονος ε. † † Σερνη στοιχεῖ. † Ἠλίας στοιχεῖ. † ☧ Βίκτωρ στοιχεῖ. Μουσαῖος ἐγράφη. †