One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 39946

Account of payments in solidi for taxes and expenses, with list of names TM 39946unbekanntVIII

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A fragmentary account of the 8th century AD listing payments in gold solidi, mostly fractions, made for public taxes and for expenses. A second column preserves a list of personal names, presumably the payers, with Christian names such as Georgios, Ignatios, Theodosios and Ioannes.

In English machine translation

[recto] [column 1] […] for public taxes, 1/2 solidus […] likewise, 1 solidus […] for expenses, 5 solidi […] likewise, 1/2 solidus […] likewise, 1/3 solidus […] likewise, 1/3 solidus […] likewise, 1/2 solidus […] likewise, 1 solidus […] likewise, 1/2 solidus […] likewise, 1 solidus […] likewise, […] solidus […] [column 2] Georgios […] Georgios son of Aloitos […] Georgios and Senouthios […] 3 Ignatios son of Viktor […] of Onnophrios son of Koch[…] Theodosios son of Isak […] Philotheos son of Pakrer[…] Ioannes son of Athanasios […] […] [… lines lost …]

The solidus (nomisma) was the standard Byzantine gold coin; the small amounts written as 'of a solidus' are fractions such as 1/2 and 1/3. The 'γ' before Ignatios may be a numeral 3 or a fraction.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Accounts). 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

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