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Account of gold received and spent TM 39765Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VIII

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An account of gold coin received and spent, from Aphrodito in the 8th century AD. It lists receipts credited to various places and persons, mostly hamlets or estates, and expenditures for cloth, horses, wine, grain, a soldier of the dux, field guards' wages and others.

In English machine translation

[recto] † Statement of gold spent: Mesore 15, through Hagios Psoios on behalf of Eulogios, 1/3 solidus. ⟦Mesore 16, spent for Kollouthos the sailor for freight, 1/2 solidus⟧ 20th, spent for the price of linen cloths through Ioannes Aspidas, 1/6 solidus. [verso] † Statement of gold, as follows: brought in: 2 solidi; for Pakaunis 5 solidi; for Emphyteuton 1 solidus; for Poimen 1 solidus; for Bounoi 1/2 1/3 solidus; for Keramion 1/2 1/3 solidus; for the son of Pkame 2 solidi; for Psyrou 1/2 1/3 solidus; for Hagios Pinoution 1/2 1/3 solidus; for Sakore 1/2 1/3 solidus; for Iezekiel 1/3 solidus; for Saelpi 1/3 solidus; for Heraei 1/2 1/3 solidus. Total 16 2/3 solidi. Of which spent, as follows: for the price of handkerchiefs (?) 1 solidus; ⟦for Georgios the weaver ... solidi⟧ for Theodosios the priest 1/3 solidus; ⟦for Kosmas ... solidi⟧ for the price of horses 1 1/2 1/3 solidi; for the price of wine through Mousaios 2/3 solidus; for Senouthios, soldier of the dux, 1/3 solidus; for the security (?) of Dioskoros 1 solidus; for Menas 2/3 solidus; for the price of grain through Apa Ter 1 solidus; for the wages of the field guards through Theodosios the priest 1/3 solidus; for Abraham the bread-maker 1/3 solidus.

Many entries on the verso (Pakaunis, Emphyteuton, Poimen, Bounoi, Keramion, Psyrou, Hagios Pinoution, etc.) are probably names of localities in the Aphrodito district rather than persons. The abbreviation 'asphl' is unclear and its rendering as 'security' is a guess.

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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p.lond.4.1444

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VIII · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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