Account of monthly payments
An account of monthly payments.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1371
Account of monthly payments for Antiphilos and Menedemos TM 1371Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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An account recording monthly payments of 1 drachma 3 obols for two men, Antiphilos and Menedemos, entered month by month from Tybi to Pachons. It belongs to the Zenon archive from Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid 3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
[Column 1]
[…] Tybi
[…] to […]nios
[…]
[…]
[of Antiphi]los
[and Men]edemos,
[the] two ⟦1 drachma 3 obols⟧
[…] 1 drachma 3 obols
[…] 3 obols
[Column 2]
Mecheir:
likewise,
of Antiphilos
and Menedemos,
the two, 1 drachma 3 obols
Phamenoth:
likewise,
of Antiphilos
and Menedemos,
the two, 1 drachma 3 obols
[Column 3]
Ph[armouthi] […]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[…]
Pa[chons] […]
The purpose of the payments is not stated; the third column preserves only the month names Pharmouthi and Pachons.
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 monthly 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.cair.zen.4.59746
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