A Receipt for the Didrachmia of Souchos
- pylon;1;18
[…] Θρασύμαχος Μέλανος Μαρωνεὺς Πτολεμαίωι τῶι καὶ Πεθεῖ πρεσβυτέρῳ Πεθέως χαίρειν. διαγέγραφας τὴν διδραχμίαν τοῦ Σούχου θεοῦ μεγάλου μεγάλου ἧς ἐώνησαι καμάρας ἣ ἦν πρότερον ἐλαιούργιον νυνίνυνεὶ δὲ συμπέπτωκεν ἐν Καρανίδι παρὰ Γαίου Λογγίνου Γαίου υἱοῦ ἱππέως ἄλης Αὐγούστης τύρμης […][…] ἔτους η Γερμανικείου […]
Thrasymachos, son of Melas, of the Maronian deme, to Ptolemaios alias Petheus the elder, son of Petheus, greetings. You have paid the didrachmia of Souchos, twice greatest god, for the vaulted room you purchased, which was previously an oil mill but has now collapsed, located in Karanis, from Gaius Longinus, son of Gaius, cavalryman of [the ala] Augusta, [turma of … Year] 8, Germanikeios …
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