bgu.3.799
Κυρίῳ μου γεούχῳ Ἀχιλεῖ Σιλβανὸς λογογράφος χαίρειν. ἐδεξάμην παρὰ σοῦ χρυσοῦ νομισμάτιον ἓν γίνεται χρυσοῦ νομισμάτιον α μόνον ὑπὲρ λόγου προσκαιρῶν δεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος. Σιλβανὸς λογογράφος συμφωνῶ καὶ κριθῶν ἀρτάβην μίαν .
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 39039
Receipt from Silvanus the logographos to the landowner Achilles for one solidus TM 39039unbekanntVII - VIII
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A receipt in which Silvanus, an accounting clerk (logographos), acknowledges receiving one gold solidus from the landowner Achilles for occasional charges of the tenth indiction year, with an added note of one artaba of barley. It dates to the 7th or 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
To my lord the landowner Achilles, Silvanus, logographos, greetings. I have received from you one gold solidus, total 1 gold solidus only, on account of the occasional (charges) of the tenth indiction. I, Silvanus, logographos, agree.
And one artaba of barley.
A logographos was an accounting clerk who kept tax and estate records; the 'occasional' (proskaira) payments were irregular levies distinct from the regular taxes. The line about barley appears to be a later addition to the receipt.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.