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[… ? lines lost …] ὑπὲρ α[…] καθ’ ἑνὸς νομισμα […] ὁμοῦ κεράτια […] παλαιοχαρακτ …[…] παρὰ κεράτια […] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 154324
Fragment of a money account TM 154324OberägyptenVI
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A small fragment of a money account from Upper Egypt, dating to the 6th century AD. It mentions sums reckoned per solidus, totals in carats, and coins of old issue.
In English machine translation
[…]
for […]
per one solidus […]
together, carats […]
old-stamped (coins) […]
less carats […]
[…]
"Old-stamped" (palaiocharaktos) refers to gold solidi of an earlier issue. The carat (keration) was 1/24 of a solidus and was used to express shortfalls or discounts in payment.
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.