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Receipt for gold paid in silver to Hermodoros, receiver of gold TM 15550Hermopolites (?)23. Juni 324

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Two copies of a receipt recording payment to Hermodoros, receiver of gold, of 89 carats of gold converted into silver at 146 denarii per carat, for the produce of the 12th indiction, less a 6 1/2 per cent deduction. Dated Pauni 29 (23 June 324), probably from the Hermopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[1] [… lines lost …] […] for the produce of the 12th indiction, to Hermodoros, receiver of gold, 89 carats at 146 denarii (each): 8 talents 994 denarii of silver, from which is deducted for the 6 1/2 per cent (charge) 845 denarii, the remainder 8 talents 149 denarii of silver, in full. Receive this receipt, two copies for yourself and the remaining two copies for the receiver, and having been asked the formal question I have agreed. In the consulship stated above, Pauni 29. I have been paid as stated above. [2] [… lines lost …] […] … […] receiver (?) of the price […] [2, another hand] … [2] For the produce of the 12th indiction, to Hermodoros, receiver of gold, 89 carats at 146 denarii (each): 8 talents 994 denarii of silver, from which for the 6 1/2 per cent (charge) 845 denarii, the remainder 8 talents 149 denarii, in full. Receive this receipt, two copies for yourself and the remaining two copies for the receiver, and having been asked the formal question I have agreed. In the consulship stated above, Pauni 29.

The carat (keration) here is a unit of gold reckoning, paid in silver denarii; the arithmetic (89 x 146 = 12,994 denarii = 8 talents 994 denarii at 1,500 denarii per talent) checks. The 6 1/2 per cent deduction (literally 'hundredths') is a fee subtracted from the sum.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung für Gold). 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 · 23. Juni 324 · Hermopolites (?)

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