A fragment of an 8th-century account listing payments in gold solidi made by various individuals, often on behalf of others. Those named include priests, a notary, a shield-maker and a mat-maker, and one payer is a Muslim, Mouslem.
In English machine translation
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[2]
of Psoretes son of Tipisle, solidus […]
Psois from Thalia, for his wife Kalasse, for Pabose[…]
of Thoumaios of the upper district, through his son Pammes, for Georgios Ps[…], solidus […]
Zacharias the priest, for Ptolemaios […]thes, solidus […]
Poiesis […]oleg, for Horouonchios the notary, 1/3 solidus
of Mousaios the shield-maker, for Muslim, 1/3 solidus
and Georgios the mat-maker, for Mousaios son of Pabeine, 1/3 solidus
Tzamoul (of?) Bethania, for the wage of Methlos, 1/2 solidus
of Theodosios priest of the Archangel (church), 3 solidi (?)
[…] son of Nikolaos, for Athanasios […]
[…]
The numeral γ after the solidus abbreviation probably means 1/3 solidus (a tremissis), though in the Theodosios line it may mean 3 solidi. The name Mouslem reflects the early Islamic period in Egypt.
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.