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ἔσχον παρὰ σοῦ Κυριακοῦ ψάλτου μονάζοντος ὑπὲρ ἀνδρισμοῦ τρίτης ἰνδικτίονος νομίσματα γ. Φαῶφι ιβ ἰνδικτίονος γ Γερμανὸς στοιχεῖ †
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Receipt for poll tax paid by the monk and cantor Kyriakos TM 39334Bawit (Hermopolites)1. Hälfte VIII
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A receipt in which Germanos acknowledges receiving 3 solidi from the monk Kyriakos, a cantor, for the poll tax of the third indiction. It dates to the first half of the 8th century AD and comes from Bawit in the Hermopolite nome.
In English machine translation
I have received from you, Kyriakos, psaltes (cantor), monk,
for the poll tax (andrismos) of the third indiction, 3 solidi.
Phaophi 12, indiction 3.
I, Germanos, agree. †
Andrismos is the poll tax levied per adult male in early Islamic Egypt, from which monks were no longer exempt. The sum is given in nomismata (gold solidi).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung über ἀνδρισμός). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.