Order from Demetria to a bank clerk to credit 4 talents to her daughter Charite TM 15617Hermopolis

A banking order from Aurelia Demetria to a bank clerk (diastoleus) named Hirak[…], instructing him to credit 4 talents from her deposit to her daughter Charite. Below it are fragmentary account entries in talents and drachmas. It comes from Hermopolis and belongs to the papers of the landowner Aurelia Charite.

In English machine translation

A diastoleus was a bank official who handled transfers between accounts; 'thema' here means a deposit held at the bank. The figures below the order appear to be a separate account on the same sheet.

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