Fragments of an 8th-century register from Aphrodito listing gold-receivers (tax collectors) for various hamlets and districts of the village, each with a named guarantor. One fragment preserves a total of 3 solidi.
In English machine translation
[Fr1]
[...]
[...] Iakob son of [...]os, priest, gold-receiver [...]
[...] the same [...]
[...]...nios P[...] ... [...]
[...] of the Pediades
[...] guarantor Senouthios son of Enoch, tailor, gold-receiver; Pkoui son of Hermaos, gold-receiver [...]
[...] guarantor Senouthios; Pson son of Koui, likewise; Versenouphis son of Pamia [...]
[...] and Andreas son of Solomon, priest, ... [...]
[Fr2]
[...]
[Of the hamlet of Saint] Pinoution [...]
[Of the hamlet of] Sakoore, guarantor Kollouthos [...]
[Men of Saint] Maria, guarantor Maios son of Patermouthios, likewise [...]
[...] guarantor Apa Kyros son of Andreas, likewise [...]
[Fr3, verso]
[...]
[of the village] of Aphrodito [...]
as follows:
guarantor Viktor son of Patse [...]
guarantor David son of Georgios [...]
guarantor Phoibammon son of Th[...]
[guarantor] Theodoros [...]
[...]
[Fr3, recto]
[...]
[...] ... total 3 solidi [...]
The guarantor (antiphonetes) stood surety for the collector. The "gold-receiver" (chrysypodektes) collected the gold tax under early Islamic administration.
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.