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A list of slaves belonging to the writer (apparently a pagarch) with the number of months, and sometimes days, set against each person, probably as an assessment of dues or service. It includes mothers with children and grandchildren and comes from the Apollonopolite nome.
The meaning of diastalmos (assessment or allocation) and of the months listed is uncertain; the catalogue treats the text as a list of taxpayers with a rate scale. The reading 'chickpea-seller' for the abbreviation orbar() is a guess.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Liste de contribuables avec barême d’imposition). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
† γνῶσις τῶν δούλων ἡμῶν πρὸς τὸν διασταλμόν· ἀπὸ Σωμανιδίτος ὑπὲρ ἀγορᾶς τῆς παγαρχίας μου μῆνες η ἀπὸ Γεραμιδιᾶς μῆνες η ἀπὸ Στεφάνου υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ μῆνες η ἀπὸ Σευήρου υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ μῆνες η ἀπὸ Σωμανιδίδους ὀρβαροπώλου καὶ τῶν δύο αὐτῆς τέκνων ἀφʼ ἑκάστου αὐτῶν μῆνες θ καὶ ἀγορᾶς ἀπὸ…
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