Receipt
Receipt from an adiutor delegationis to the steward of the estate of Theon (here described as dead) for the official prerequisites of his clerk.
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Receipt for a scribe's customary fee on the grain-shipment levy TM 39442Oxyrhynchus7th century
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A receipt issued by Theodosios, an assistant (adiutor) in the tax-delegation office, to Anastasios, steward of the estate of the late Theon. It acknowledges payment of 4 gold solidi less 16 carats as the customary fee owed to his scribe in connection with the grain-shipment levy of the sixth indiction. Written at Oxyrhynchus in the month of Thoth, 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
† To the respected Anastasios, steward of the estate of Theon of illustrious memory, Theodosios, adiutor of the delegatio. I have received from you, for the customary fee of my scribe on the shipment (embole) canon, with God's help, of the sixth indiction, four gold solidi less sixteen carats, total 4 gold solidi less 16 (carats), and for your security I have made the present receipt, written in the month of Thoth of the sixth indiction. ☧
Synetheia was a customary perquisite paid to officials and their staff in addition to the tax itself. The canon of the embole was the annual quota of grain shipped to Constantinople.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for συνήθεια). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.oxy.16.2009
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