Register of tax payments TM 70285Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)Anfang VIII

Fragment of a register of tax payments from Aphrodito, listing dated instalments made in the months Mecheir and Phamenoth by or through named individuals such as Menas, Psemnouthios, Apakyros son of Andreas and the messenger Sere. It dates to the early 8th century AD.

In English machine translation

A symmachos was a courier or messenger in early Arab-period administration. The amounts paid are mostly lost, apart from a sum in gold solidi (nomismata) on the verso.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Registro di pagamenti fiscali). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.