p.mon.apollo.1.28
σὺν θεῷ ⲁⲃⲇⲉⲗⲗⲁ ⲡϣⲉ ⲛⲁⲃⲇⲉⲣⲁⲙⲁⲛ ⲡϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ […] […] ⲡⲣⲱⲙ ⲡμοναστήριον ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ ⲡⲣⲏⲥ ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲥⲧⲁϩⲟⲕ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲅⲧⲁⲁⲩ ϩⲛ ⲧϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲉκαταβολή […] [… ? lines lost …]
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Tax demand from Abdellah son of Abderrahman to a man of the monastery of Apa Apollo TM 86582BawitVIII
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Fragmentary Coptic tax demand from the early Islamic period, issued in the name of Abdellah son of Abderrahman to a man of the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit. It lists what he must pay in the first installment, but the list itself is lost.
In English machine translation
[With God.] Abdellah son of Abderrahman: he writes to Pamoun (?) Paule[…] […]
[… the m]an of the monastery of Apa Apollo of the southern Hermopolite (?) [nome]: These [are what I have assessed you for]; give them in the first installment (katabole) […]
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Abdellah son of Abderrahman is probably an Arab official of the Hermopolite region. The Greek term katabole means a fixed installment of a tax payment; "southern Shmoun" refers to the southern part of the Hermopolite district.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax demand issued to monks). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.