Account of Money Payments
Account of money payments by various people; the statement of the purpose is not preserved
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 10484
Account of money payments by villagers TM 10484Karanis (Arsinoites)330 CE – 340 CE
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An account listing money payments in talents and drachmas made by various villagers, some of them several times, including a slave of a man named Pankratios. It comes from Karanis in the Fayum and dates to about AD 330-340; the purpose of the payments is lost with the heading.
In English machine translation
[…] […]
[…] 2 talents
Isaak son of Ision 12 talents
Chairemon son of Ision 4 talents
Firmus son of Dios 9 talents
The slave of Pankratios 20 talents
Valerius son of Demetrios 57 talents
Neilos son of Aion 30 talents
Anamon son of Heron 48 talents 2,000 drachmas
Isaak son of Ision 52 talents
Chairemon son of Ision 7 talents
Firmus son of Dios 20 talents
Aion son of Antonios … talents
Pekysis son of Taesis 31 talents
Isidoros son of Antonios … talents
Apollonios son of Sotas 38 talents
Valerius son of Demetrios 20 talents
Hol son of Apollos 28 talents
Pekysis son of Taesis 31 talents
Chairemon son of Ision 57 talents
Isidoros son of Antonios 30 talents
Apollonios son of Sotas […] talents
The slave of Pankratios […] talents […]
The large sums in talents reflect the severe inflation of the Egyptian currency in the 4th century AD. Names of payers are given with their fathers' or mothers' names (Taesis is a female name).
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 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.7.132
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