p.lond.5.1751
† Φαρμοῦθι μηνὸς κϛ ἰνδικτίονος ια. ἔσχον διὰ Μηνᾶ ἀδελφοῦ Λουκᾶ ἀπὸ δαπανῆς ια ἰνδικτίονος ἀριθμίου νομίσματος κδ μη εἰκοσιτέταρτον τεσσαρακονταόγδοον. † Ἰωάννης νοτάριος στοιχεῖ. †
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Receipt for payment toward the dapane through Menas, brother of Loukas TM 38854Hermopolites (?)VII - VIII
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A short receipt dated Pharmouthi 26 of an 11th indiction, acknowledging payment through Menas, brother of Loukas, of a small fraction of a gold solidus (1/24 + 1/48) toward the expenses (dapane) of that indiction. It is signed by the notary Ioannes and probably comes from the Hermopolite nome in the 7th or 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
† Month of Pharmouthi 26, 11th indiction. I have received through Menas, brother of Loukas, on account of the expenses (dapane) of the 11th indiction, 1/24 1/48 of a solidus by count, one twenty-fourth (and) one forty-eighth. † I, Ioannes, notary, agree. †
Dapane, literally 'expenditure', was a tax or levy in Byzantine and early Arab Egypt. The fraction is first written in numerals and then repeated in words, as was customary.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as δαπάνη). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.