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Account of payments to goldsmiths for crowns for Licinius TM 16000Oxyrhynchos

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An account of expenditure from Oxyrhynchus recording payments to the city's guild of goldsmiths for gold and workmanship for gold crowns presented to the emperor Licinius and for the birthday of his son, following instructions of the former prefect Antonius. The city's one-third share of costs is reckoned in talents and denarii.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] to the guild of goldsmiths of the city of the Oxyrhynchites, through […] of the goldsmiths, for the price of gold, from 1 pound 5 ounces 18 (?) grams […] for the making of a gold crown being presented […] to Licinius Augustus on the birthday of the most illustrious […], in accordance with what was written by Antonius the former prefect, as the […] … making … of all, 142 talents for the price of gold amounting, on account of the absence of the same, sent […] for the […] for the birthday of the most illustrious son […] of our master Jovius Licinius the most pious […] the city's third share, 4 1/2 grams, as the […] […] and on account of the working of the same gold, from 1,776 denarii, ⟦4 talents⟧ the city's third share, 592 denarii, in accordance with what was written by Antonius […] 5 talents 92 denarii […] 147 talents 92 denarii […] … of the receipt sent […] […] […] [verso, 1] … [verso, 2] …

The emperor is Licinius (ruled 308-324), and the son is Licinius the younger, so the account dates to the early 4th century AD. 'Grams' renders grammata, a small weight unit (1/24 ounce), not the modern gram.

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 Expenditure). 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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p.oxy.43.3121

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