p.eirene.3.4
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 128645
List of taxpayers with payments in drachmas and obols TM 128645Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)
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Fragment of a list of taxpayers from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Arsinoite nome, giving names with sums paid in drachmas and obols. One man is identified by his trade as a wool-carder.
In English machine translation
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Sarabous Ka…[…]
Sarapion son of Fortunatus, drachmas …[…]
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Melas, wool-carder, 16 drachmas, 20 obols
Pamieous son of Kalaes, 4 drachmas, 16 obols
Pabous son of Meel, 18 drachmas, 16 obols
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The obol figures of 16 and 20 exceed the usual six or seven obols to the drachma, which suggests a reckoning in small copper obols. The word translated 'wool-carder' (ktenistes) may also mean a comber of flax or hair.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Elenco di contribuenti). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.