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† ἔσχον παρὰ σοῦ Πατερμουθίου Λὰκ σιδηρουργοῦ ἀπὸ δημοσίων ἐννάτης ἰνδικτίονος χρυσοῦ κεράτια εἴκοσι δύο ἥμισυ, γίνεται χρυσοῦ κεράτια κβ 𐅵. Παχὼν ε ἰνδικτίονος θ. ἄπα Ἰωάννης στοιχεῖ †
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Receipt for public taxes paid in gold by the blacksmith Patermouthios TM 39708unbekanntVII - VIII
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A tax receipt in which Apa Ioannes acknowledges payment of 22 1/2 carats of gold from the blacksmith Patermouthios for the public taxes (demosia) of the ninth indiction. It is dated Pachon 5 of the ninth indiction, in the 7th or 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
† I have received from you, Patermouthios son of Lak (?), blacksmith, on account of the public taxes of the ninth indiction, twenty-two and a half carats of gold,
making 22 1/2 carats of gold. Pachon 5, indiction 9.
Apa Ioannes agrees. †
Demosia are the public taxes owed to the state; the carat (keration) was a fraction of the gold solidus used as a unit of account. Lak may be a patronymic or a byname.
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.