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Receipt for eleven keratia from Damianos the deacon TM 39047unbekanntVII - VIII

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A short Byzantine or early Arab-period receipt or payment note recording 11 keratia, less a fraction, from or for Damianos the deacon, dated Mecheir 10 in a 4th indiction year. It is signed by Damianos himself.

In English machine translation

† Mecheir 10, 4th indiction. (From) Damianos the deacon: eleven keratia, less (a quarter?). † Through me, Damianos †

A keration (carat) was a small fraction of the gold solidus, used as a unit of account. The abbreviated deduction 'less quarters' is uncertain in meaning.

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.

bgu.2.678

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VII - VIII

† Μεχὶρ ι δ ἰνδικτίωνος Δαμιανοῦ διακόνου κεράτια ἕνδεκα χωρὶς τεταρτίων † διʼ ἐμοῦ Δαμιανοῦ †