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Account of payments from trade guilds and city streets TM 39587HermopolisVII

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An account of payments in gold solidi and carats collected through various trade guilds (fruit-sellers, fishmongers, wine-sellers and others) and through individuals responsible for city streets, including a section for the Green circus faction. It comes from Hermopolis in the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

[1] Through the fruit-sellers, 9 solidi 3 carats Through the fishmongers, 9 solidi Through the bread-sellers, 2 solidi 8 carats Through the garland-weavers, 1 solidus 6 1/2 carats Through the posca-sellers, 2 solidi 19 carats Through the […]rotroi, 6 solidi 15 carats Through the pulse-sellers (?), 7 solidi 1 carat Through the wine-sellers, 5 solidi Through the oil-makers, 10 solidi Through the sheep-slaughterers, 3 solidi 4 carats Through the pot-sellers, 2 solidi 12 carats Through the sausage-sellers, 3 solidi 3 carats Through the se[…], 6 solidi […] [2] By the knowledge of Ioannes, steward of the wife of Peironakios, 37 solidi 9 1/2 carats By the knowledge of Theodoros, former majordomo, to the lady Hyperechia, 52 solidi 17 carats Through the attendants of the hospitals, 8 solidi 9 carats Through the merchants of the Serapeion (?), 600 solidi And of the Green faction Through Zacharias, deacon, for the street of the holy great Euphemia, [solidi] 74, 12 carats Through Theodorakios, priest, bow-maker, for the street of Peklegios, 97 solidi 20 carats Through Georgios […], Daueit, Ioustos ⟦Marianos and Theodoros, deacon⟧, for the street Pr[…], 122 solidi […] carats Through Victor, lead-worker, for the street P[…], 36 solidi 20 carats Through Phoibammon, administrator of Saint Sergios, for the street of Saint Menas, 33 solidi 4 carats Through Georgios Kou[…]ios, for the street of Saint Elissaios, 105 solidi 11 carats Through Kyriakos […] Through Paulos from […] […]

The 'Green part' refers to the Green circus faction, which had civic administrative roles in late antique cities. Some trade names are damaged or uncertain, such as the orbiopolai (perhaps sellers of pulses).

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VII · Hermopolis

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