Account of Payment for Clothing
Account of payment for clothing, presumably the "vestis militaris"
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 10481
Account of payments for the clothing levy TM 10481Karanis (Arsinoites)363 CE – 364 CE
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An account from Karanis listing payments in talents by several individuals toward the clothing levy of the 7th indiction, probably the military clothing requisition. The entries add up to the stated total of 77,300 talents.
In English machine translation
For the clothing (tax) of the 7th indiction:
Valerius, 26,400 talents
keph(...) 4,600 talents
Aion, 16,000 talents
Heras, 11,100 talents
keph(...) 4,600 talents
Heirs of Tamalei and Alia, 4,600 talents
Tapaeis, 10,000 talents
Total: 77,300 talents
The clothing levy is presumably the vestis militaris, a requisition of garments for the army paid here in money. The abbreviation keph(...) is unresolved; it may refer to a head or poll-based charge.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Payment for Clothing). 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.7.129
ἐσθῆτος ζ ἰνδικτίονος Οὐαλέριος ταλάντων μυριάδες β Ϛυ κεφ τάλαντα Δχ Ἀιῶν ταλάντων μυριὰς α Ϛ Ἡρᾶς ταλάντων μυριὰς α Αρ κεφ τάλαντα Δχ κληρονόμοι Ταμάλει καὶ Ἀλία τάλαντα Δχ Ταπάεις ταλάντων μυριὰς α γίνεται ταλάντων μυριάδες ζ Ζτ