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A tax receipt on an ostracon recording that Patermouthios, an ironsmith, paid 22 carats of gold toward the public taxes of the sixth indiction through his son Piarios. A further payment of 7 1/4 carats is recorded on the back; both are signed by Theodosios.
The "δ" after the figure 22 on the recto may be a fraction (1/4) or a stray letter, so the total there is uncertain; the verse month name is only partly legible (perhaps Phaophi or Phamenoth). "Carats" (keratia) were fractions of the gold solidus used as money of account.
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 Demosia). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] † ἔσχον παρὰ σοῦ Πατερμουθίου Λὰκ σιδηρουργοῦ διὰ υἱοῦ Πιαρίου ἀπὸ δημοσίων ἕκτης ἰνδικτίονος χρυσοῦ κεράτια εἴκοσι δύο , γίνεται χρυσοῦ κεράτια κβ δ.Ἐπεὶφ κθ ἰνδικτίονος ϛ. † Θεοδόσιος στοιχεῖ † [v] † ὁμοίως χρυσοῦ κεράτια ἑπτὰ τέταρτον, γίνονται χρυσοῦ κεράτια ζ δ. Φ… γ ἰνδ…
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