A sworn declaration by Theodoros son of Kyros of Hermopolis listing the public taxes he paid, with amounts in solidi and carats. He swears by God and by the safety of the Arab rulers (the Amirs) to pay double for anything omitted and to be liable for perjury. It dates from the early Arab period, 7th to 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† These are the (taxes) paid by me, Theodoros son of Kyros, from Hermopolis […]
[…] 2 solidi, […] carats […]
[…] — — — — […]
[…] — — — — 1 solidus […]
[…] 5 1/2, 8 1/4 carats […]
[…] 6 1/2 carats […]
[…] … carats … 3, 24 […]
[…] 8 carats […]
[…] — 1 solidus […]
[…] 4 1/4 carats … […]
[…] 1 solidus […]
† I, Theodoros son of Kyros, from Hermopolis, have submitted the present register of the public taxes paid by me, swearing by God the Almighty and by the safety of our masters the Amirs that, if I am found to have omitted anything in this same register, I will pay it in double the amount, and moreover be liable to the charge of perjury. †
[verso]
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The list of amounts has lost the names of the individual taxes. The oath by the safety of the Amirs, the Muslim rulers, replaces the earlier oath by the Byzantine emperors.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Καταγραφή d’età araba). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.