A tax register distributing a sum of 40 gold solidi among a group of men, probably merchants, most of whom pay 7/12 of a solidus each. It dates to the 7th or 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
This is the distribution of the 40 solidi of the merchants (?), as follows:
for the fractions of the payment order, solidi 25 1/6 […]
solidi 26 1/2 1/3 (?)
[column i]
Apollo son of Elias, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Senuthios son of Phil(…), 1/2 1/12 solidus
Pachymios son of Enoch, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Victor the deacon, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Kosmas son of Dornos, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Pbele son of the carpenter (?), 1/2 1/12 solidus
Victor son of Kollouthos, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Theodoros son of Paulos, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Onnophrios son of Stephanos, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Peloole son of Taurinos, 1/2 1/12 solidus
[…]
[…]
[column ii]
Onnophrios son of Hatres, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Georgios son of Paulos, 1 solidus
Theophilos son of Apollo, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Georgios the deacon, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Kollouthos son of Phoibammon, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Joseph son of David, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Taurinos son of Ioustos, 1/3 solidus
Menas son of Apollo, 1/2 1/12 solidus
David son of Senuthios, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Apollo son of Phoibammon, 1/2 1/12 solidus
[…] solidus […]
[…]
[column iii]
Komes son of Phil(…), 1/2 1/12 solidus
Kosmas son of Elias, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Abraham son of Paphnouthios, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Kollouthos son of Kyriakos, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Isaac son of Andreas, 1/2 1/12 solidus
[…] son of Pieu, 1/2 1/12 solidus
[…] solidus […]
Abraham the deacon, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Kollouthos son of Senuthios, 1/2 1/12 solidus
Joseph son of Elias, 1/2 1/12 solidus
[…] 1/2 1/12 solidus
[…]
The diastole is an allocation of a tax quota among contributors; 'klasmata' are fiscal units or fractions of the assessment. The reading of 'merchants' (pragmateutai) and the totals in the heading are uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Steuerregister). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.