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List of payments in solidi with Coptic note on a tax assessment TM 39830Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VIII

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An account listing payments in fractions of a gold solidus made through named individuals, including two priests, followed by a fragmentary Coptic passage referring to an assessment (diastalmos) made in accordance with an official order. It comes from Aphrodito in the 8th century AD.

In English machine translation

Through Pekysios son of Isak, 1/3 solidus Through Apa Kyros son of Samuel, 1/2 solidus Through Tzamoul son of Makarios, 1/3 solidus Through Makarios son of Pteros, 1/3 solidus [Through] Onnophrios, priest, 1/3 solidus [Through] Makarios son of Samuel, 1/2 solidus [Through] Markos son of Asar, 1/3 solidus Through Phoibammon son of Panoube, 1/3 solidus Through Pesate son of Pietre, 1/3 solidus Through Kollouthos son of Psa, 1/3 solidus Through Kyriakos, priest, 1/3 solidus Through Daniel and his son, 2 solidi Through Pnei son of Tzatzoi, 1/3 solidus […] and Viktor and Sios and Andreas and […] assessment which we fixed for the [guest-gift (?) according to the] terms of the order of our lord (?) […] […] nor […] to lighten […] if we do this […] I wrote [… lines lost …]

The diastalmos was a tax assessment or apportionment under early Islamic administration; the epistalma was an official order, probably from the governor. The restoration 'epixenion' (a requisition for guests/officials) is uncertain.

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

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