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Receipt for rent of a bakery at Philadelphia TM 997955ArsinoitesVI - VII

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A receipt issued to a woman named Theodote, daughter of Joseph, for rent on a bakery in the hamlet of Philadelphia, owned half by Abba Apollo and half by a group of men, covering the 13th and 14th indictions. She paid 6 solidi less 39 carats, and the receipt is dated Mecheir 14 of the 15th indiction.

In English machine translation

† To Theodote daughter of Joseph, of Pisia(?): You have paid for the rent of a bakery, one half belonging to Abba Apollo and the other half to Theophilos and Patalali and Barbarios and Menas and Sarmatas, of the hamlet of Philadelphia, for the thirteenth and fourteenth indictions, 13th and 14th indictions, six solidi less thirty-nine carats, 6 solidi less 39 carats, only. Mecheir 14, 15th indiction, fifteenth indiction. † † It is agreed by me: six solidi less thirty-nine carats, 6 solidi less 39 carats, only. †

Pisia may be a place name or a further personal name. The sum is expressed as gold solidi minus a number of carats (1/24 solidus), a common way of stating reduced-weight gold payments.

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

DDbDP-text Full record →

bgu.21.2883

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

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