Money Account
Fragment of a money account, concerning salaries for Syrians, men, women, and children working on the vineyards (see also P.Cair.Zen. II, 59292; P.Col.Zen. II, 87)
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1949
Fragment of a money account with wages for Syrian workers TM 1949Arsinoitesca. 250 B.C.
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 3 records across 3 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of a money account from the Arsinoite nome, about 250 BC, giving totals and an overspending figure on one side and wage payments on the other. The payments go to Maron and to Syrian workers, men, women and children, recorded by month (Hathyr, Choiak, Tybi).
In English machine translation
[recto]
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[…]
[…] 12 […]
(Total) […] 7,264 drachmas 4 obols 1 chalkous
[…] from the account
[…] 6,194 drachmas 1 obol
[…] spends in excess 1,070 drachmas 3 obols 1 chalkous
[verso]
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Tybi […]
To Maron
Choiak 10 the […]
to him as wages […]
To the Syrians as wages
Choiak 23 for […]
for 9 men […]
women, children […]
Hathyr, for men […]
women, children […]
and of the two-month period […]
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The wage payments are thought to concern workers in vineyards, connected with other texts of the Zenon archive. The word opsonion means a cash wage or allowance.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Money Account). 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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