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Account of silver bullion contributed by individuals TM 140656Oxyrhynchus ?IV

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An account listing individuals, headed by the business of Makarios son of Elourion, against amounts of uncoined silver (bullion) measured in pounds, ounces and grammata. It dates to the 4th century AD and probably comes from Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

[verso] [column i] Business (?) of Makarios son of Elourion Demas son of Ammon Aphynchis, brother of Euporion Priskos son of Dorotheos Ptolemaios son of Kol[…] Didymas son of Ptol[emaios] Theotimos son of L[…] Ammonios […] Theodoros […] Pelenos son of P[…] Marinos son of Theon [column ii] uncoined silver, 3 pounds 8 ounces uncoined silver, 10 ounces uncoined silver, 3 ounces 12 grammata uncoined silver, 1 ounce 16 grammata […] uncoined silver, 10 ounces […] uncoined silver, 1 ounce 16 grammata […] uncoined silver, 3 ounces […] uncoined silver, 10 ounces […] uncoined silver, 10 ounces […] uncoined silver, 10 ounces uncoined silver, 4 ounces [recto] [column i] […] […] Ammo[…] […] […] […] [column ii] uncoined silver, […] ounces uncoined silver, […] ounces uncoined silver, […] ounces uncoined silver, […] ounces uncoined silver, […] ounces uncoined silver […] […] uncoined silver

Asemon means uncoined silver bullion, often collected as a tax in the 4th century; the gramma was 1/24 of an ounce. The recto list is badly preserved and its amounts are left blank or lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as An account of silver bullion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV · Oxyrhynchus ?

[v] [column i] πραγµατεία Μακαρίου Ἐλουρίωνος ∆εµᾶς Ἄµµωνος Ἀφῦγχις ἀδελφὸς Ἐὐπορίωνος Πρίσκος ∆ωροθέου Πτολεµαῖος Κολ…[…] ∆ιδυµᾶς Πτολεµαίου Θεότιµος Λ[…] Ἀµµώνιος […] Θεόδωρος […] Πελενός Π…[…] Μαρῖνος Θέωνος [column ii] ἀσήµου λίτραι γ οὐγκίαι η ἀσήµου οὐγκίαι ι ἀσήµου οὐγκίαι…