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εἰς τὴν καταβολήν τοῦ Λυκοπολίτου νομισμάτια κα κεράτια ϛ ὑπὲρ τῆς καταβολῆς τοῦ οἴνου νομισμάτια γ ὑπὲρ τῆς καταβολῆς τοῦ Ἑρμοπολίτου νομισμάτια γ τῷ ἀρτοκόπῳ κεράτια ιθ ὑπὲρ ὀθονίων τῶν τέκνων κεράτια γ ὑπὲρ τοῦ οἴνου τῆς […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 17151
Private account of payments for levies, wine, bread and linen TM 17151unbekannt
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A private account listing sums paid out in gold solidi and carats: tax or levy payments connected with the Lykopolite and Hermopolite nomes, a payment for wine, money to a baker, and linen for the children. The end is broken off.
In English machine translation
For the payment (katabole) of the Lykopolite (nome): 21 solidi, 6 carats
On account of the payment for the wine: 3 solidi
On account of the payment of the Hermopolite (nome): 3 solidi
To the baker: 19 carats
On account of linen cloths for the children: 3 carats
On account of the wine of the […]
Katabole means a payment or instalment, often of taxes; here it may refer to tax payments due in the named nomes. The nomisma (solidus) was divided into 24 carats, which dates the account to the Byzantine period.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Compte privé). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.