A Coptic acknowledgement in which Kollouthos son of Valens confirms receiving one tremissis and two carats, money connected with a commutation payment (apargyrismos) for village workmen involving a Saracen named Charah and the weigher Theodosios, and renounces further claims. It was witnessed by a priest, a deacon and others and drawn up by the notary Theodoros at Aphrodito in the 8th century.
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[…] his hand, that he should write them down […] when the Saracen […] that is, Charah, he asked […] of the village, he found it, that you had sent their apargyrismos (money commutation) down. He stood up before you, namely Charah the Saracen, saying: 'I did not receive apargyrismos for the work of the village, except for the person (?) of the village whom he had compelled with us.' We went and hired the workmen of the village. So we came and asked you to take the apargyrismos which we had given, that you might write it down to be reckoned to the account of Theodosios the zygostates (weigher), to whom you gave the gold, and since he lives in Shotep and he is the one who is weigher in that place, he having repaid the said amount of gold for the workmen of the village to you, you returned it to us into our hands.
Now therefore I acknowledge that one tremissis and two carats has come into my hands, being their value, so that I shall be unable to proceed against you, whether I or my heirs or any person at all; whoever shall dare shall pay 3 solidi as penalty for the matter, the public account being confirmed thereby through your most glorious lord. I have drawn up this acknowledgement for you, agreeing to it, at risk to myself and all my property in the matter, swearing by the name of God Almighty and the safety of the lords who rule, that we will keep ourselves according to the way we first wrote. They asked me and I acknowledged.
† I, Kollouthos son of Valens, agree to this acknowledgement in its force, and I agree that one tremissis and two carats came into my hands. I, Markos son of Kyrillos, with God priest, being asked, wrote for him and bear witness. †
† Hermauo (?), Theodosios, with God deacon, I am witness to this acknowledgement in its force. †
☧ I, Petros son of the blessed Makare, am witness to this acknowledgement in its force. †
† I, Ezekias son of Chamoul, am witness to this acknowledgement in its force. †
† Through me, Theodoros, with God notary. † † †
Apargyrismos is a money payment commuting an obligation (here labour) into cash; the zygostates was the official weigher of gold. The opening is lost, so the background events are partly unclear.
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.