p.eirene.1.12
☧ πρὸς Κοσμᾶν. ἄλλος Κοσμᾶς πρεσβύτερος παράσχες Ἄπα Ἰουλίῳ θυρρουρῷ τῆς πύλης ὑπὲρ μισθοῦ γ ἰνδικτίωνος σίτου ἀρτάβας ιβ δώδεκα μόνον ἐκ τοῦ σίτου β ἰνδικτίωνος Φαῶφι κδ γ ἰνδικτίωνος ☧
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 39515
Order to supply wheat as wages to the gatekeeper Apa Ioulios TM 39515ArsinoitesVII
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A short payment order addressed to Kosmas, instructing him to provide 12 artabas of wheat to Apa Ioulios, the gatekeeper, as his wages for the 3rd indiction. The wheat is to come from the stock of the 2nd indiction. It dates to the 7th century AD in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
☧ To Kosmas. Another (?) Kosmas, priest: provide
to Apa Ioulios, doorkeeper of the gate, for his wages of the 3rd indiction,
12 artabas of wheat, twelve only, from the wheat of the 2nd indiction. Phaophi 24, 3rd indiction. ☧
The abbreviation read as 'allos' (another) before the second Kosmas is uncertain; the issuer may be a different Kosmas, a priest, from the addressee. The indiction is a 15-year fiscal cycle, so the absolute year cannot be fixed.
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.