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Church receipt for rent paid in gold by the heirs of Danielios TM 38859HermopolisVII

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A receipt issued by the church of Hermopolis, through its steward Senouthios, to the heirs of Danielios, acknowledging payment of 5 gold solidi in rent for crops of a fifth indiction year. It dates to the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† The holy church of God of Hermopolis, through Senouthios, steward of the division of the gold-tax(?) of Hermopolis, to the heirs of Danielios from Hermopolis. You have paid and there has been settled by you, for the rents of the crops of the fifth indiction, five solidi of gold of full weight, total 5 gold solidi of full weight only. I, Senouthios, steward: the present receipt is in order as stated above. Through me, Theodosios, his hired man: the receipt is in order. †

The phrase 'division of the chrysika' is uncertain in meaning; it may refer to a fiscal or administrative section of the church's estate. The pronoetes was an estate steward or manager.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for rent). 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 · VII · Hermopolis

† ἡ ἁγία τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκκλησία Ἑρμουπόλεως διὰ Σενουθίου προνοητοῦ μερίδος τῶν χρυσικῶν Ἑρμουπόλεως τῶν κληρονόμων Δανιηλίου ἀπὸ Ἑρμουπόλεως. δέδωκας καὶ ἐπληρώθη παρὰ σοῦ ὑπὲρ ἐκφορίων καρπῶν πέμπτης ἰνδικτίονος χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια πέντε εὐσταθμῷ, γίνεται χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια ε εὐσταθμῷ …