Accounts of money payments
The text lists payments made, presumably for some tax, by Aion son of Sarapion.
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Account of money payments received by Aion son of Sarapion TM 10478Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egyptca. 350-365 A.D.
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An account listing money payments in talents made by various individuals, recorded through and received by Aion son of Sarapion, who acts as receiver (paralemptes), presumably for a tax. It comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome, about AD 350-365.
In English machine translation
[1]
Through Aion son of Sarapion:
Elias, 6,550 talents
Aion son of Sarapion, 4 myriads 5,200 talents
Heras son of Sarapion, 8,300 talents
Sokrates, 2 myriads 4,600 talents
Leein, 1,600 talents
⟦Amatas, 1 myriad 9,500 talents⟧
⟦…⟧
Atolas, 400 talents
10 myriads 6,250 talents
8 myriads 6,650 talents
Aion son of Sarapion, receiver
Aion, myriads […]
Tamaleis […]
Atisis […]
Heras son of Sarapion, 780 talents
Thermouthion, 6,400 talents
Nilammon, 3 myriads 100 talents
[2]
in the name of Kollouthos
through Tapaeis, 9,300 talents
and on behalf of the name of Heras, 1,250 talents
likewise Tapaeis
on behalf of the two names, 1 myriad 600 talents
Receipt of Aion son of Sarapion:
Titoueis, 5 (myriads?) 800 talents
Pankratis, 1 myriad 4,216 talents
Heras son of Sarapion, 5,450 talents
Heron son of Hol(…), 3,700 talents
Total together, 7 myriads 500 talents; other 3,700 talents
Sums are reckoned in myriads (units of 10,000) of talents, reflecting the severe inflation of 4th-century currency. A paralemptes was an official receiver of payments or goods.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Accounts of Money Payments). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.col.7.126
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