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An ostracon from Trimithis in the Great Oasis bearing accounts on both sides. One side records sums in gold solidi and in silver talents; the other lists workers with the number of days each worked, at a daily wage of 1,000 talents.
The huge sums in talents reflect the inflated currency of the 4th century AD, when the gold solidus was reckoned against tens of thousands of silver talents. Several words on the convex side (Teret, adē) are of uncertain reading.
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). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[side convex] χρυσοῦ νομισμάτια δ ἥμισυ ταλάντων μυριάδας γ Γω ταλάντων μυριάδας δ Εω ὁμοίως Τερητ ἀργυρίου … εἰς τέσσαρας ἥμισυ ἀργυρίου ταλάντων μυριάδας β Εχ αδη νομισματίου α καὶ ταλάντων Αχ [side concave] Πανῦρις ἡμέρας ἥμισυ Ψεναμοῦνις ἡμέραν α Σαμουν ἡμέραν α Ὡρίων Εἰραμου…
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