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† Χοιακ ιη ἰνδικτίωνος ε. διὰ τοῦ Μηνᾶ Σαραπάμμωνος ἀπὸ ξενίου αμιραλμουμνιν ε ἰνδικτίωνος ἀριθμίου νομίσματος ϛ † Κοσμᾶς στοιχεῖ †
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Receipt for payment of the xenion for the Caliph TM 957754HermopolitesEnde VII - VIII
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Short tax receipt from the Hermopolite nome recording that Menas son of Sarapammon paid 1/6 of a solidus toward the xenion owed to the Caliph (amir al-mu'minin) for the fifth indiction. It is dated Choiak 18 and signed by Kosmas, and belongs to the early Arab period (late 7th to 8th century).
In English machine translation
† Choiak 18, indiction 5. Through Menas son of Sarapammon, for the xenion of the amir al-mu'minin, indiction 5: 1/6 of a solidus by count. † Kosmas.
I agree. †
The xenion was a levy of provisions or gifts, here converted to money and destined for the Caliph, rendered in Greek as amiralmoumnin (Arabic amir al-mu'minin, 'commander of the faithful'). The 'arithmion' solidus means a coin counted by number rather than checked by weight.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Steuerquittung über ξένιον). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.