p.lond.5.1864
† μηνὸς Μεσορὴ κη ἰνδικτίονος α…. ἔσχον διὰ Μηνᾶ στρατιώτου ἀδελφοῦ Λουκᾶ ἀπὸ δαπάνης δωδεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος ἀριθμίου νομίσματος γ τρίτον ☧. † Διόσκορος στοιχεῖ … †
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 38867
Receipt for a payment toward the regiment's expenditure TM 38867Hermopolites (?)VII - VIII
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A short receipt in which Dioskoros acknowledges receiving one third of a gold solidus, paid through the soldier Menas, brother of Loukas, toward the military expenditure (dapane) of the regiment for the 12th indiction. It dates to the 7th or 8th century AD, probably from the Hermopolite nome.
In English machine translation
† Month of Mesore 28, indiction 1 […]. I received through Menas, soldier, brother of Loukas, on account of the expenditure (dapane) of the 12th indiction of the regiment (arithmos), one third of 1 solidus. ☧
† Dioskoros, I agree […] †
Dapane was a levy for military expenses; arithmos here designates the military unit (regiment). The reading of the indiction number after 'indiction 1' is uncertain and the receipt is dated in the 1st indiction while paying for the 12th.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax receipt. 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.