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Account of exchange fees, interest and other payments in solidi TM 39850Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VIII

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Fragments of an account of payments in gold solidi, listing exchange fees, interest, balances of gold, ferry fares, sailors' maintenance and wages, each made through named individuals such as Joseph the soldier and Menas son of Pkomys. It comes from Aphrodito in the Antaiopolite nome and dates to the 8th century AD.

In English machine translation

[Fragment 1] [recto] […] For exchange fee on the 2 solidi, through Joseph, soldier, 1/6 solidus For exchange fee on the 2 solidi, through Menas son of Pkomys, 1/6 solidus For exchange fee on the 10 solidi, through Rhea daughter of Philotheos, 1 solidus For interest on the 30 solidi, through the same, 3 solidi For balance of gold of the 19th (?), through Joseph from Bounoi, 1/3 solidus For interest on the 2 solidi, through Menas son of Pkomys, 1/6 solidus For […] exchange of 1st (?) installment, through the heirs […] […] [verso] […] security of the […] [Fragment 2] [recto] […] for exchange fee […] (Check) For exchange fee on the 10 solidi, through Senouthios […] (Check) For exchange fee on the 10 solidi, in the village of Apotheke […] […] on account of ferry fare, through Pered[…] […] for maintenance of sailors […] […] for […] men of Bounoi […] […] [verso, column 1] […] [verso, column 2] […] For wages of Markos, trusted agent […] (Check) For wages of Phoibammon […] (Check) For exchange […] (Check) For commutation into money […] […]

The "exchange fee" (parallage) was a surcharge paid when converting coin or paying in gold; the marginal "check" marks entries to be verified. The reading "of the 19th" in the gold balance line 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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