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List of payments in talents by officials TM 21879Oxyrhynchos

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A fragmentary list from Oxyrhynchus recording payments in talents, arranged by day of the month, made by named individuals (apparently officials or liturgists such as a prytanis), often through a father, son or heirs. Dates in Tybi and Pharmouthi of a year 5 are mentioned.

In English machine translation

[column 1] [… 19 lines lost …] [column 2] 13th, Xenikos through Troilos his father, […] talents, 16th, Kallippos through Diogenes his father, 1 talent, 26th, 29th, Xenikos through Troilos his father, 1 talent, 30th, Eudaimon also called Theon through the heirs of Neilos son of Herigenes, Akousilaos having recorded the minute on Tybi 16, … talents, and […] from the 6th of Tybi of year 5 until Pharmouthi …[…] […] of Gaianos son of Pesouris and Euporos also called Agathos Daimon year 5, Tybi […] […] the prytanis through his son, […] talents, […]eirios Hipponeikos also called Leonides through his father, […] talents, […]tion also called Apollonios through his father, […] talents, Eudaimon also called Theon through the heirs of Neilos, […] talents, […]tion also called Apollonios through his father, […] talents, […]eirios Hipponeikos also called Leonides, […] talents, […] Xenikos through Troilos his father, […] talents, Heliodoros also called Chairemon, […] talents, […]on also called Alexion on behalf of Maximus his grandson, […] talents, [… 3 lines lost …]

The numbers at the start of lines appear to be days of the month on which payments were made. Payments 'through' a father or heirs suggest the obligation was discharged by relatives on behalf of the person named.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Payments by Officials). 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.12.1496

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchos

[1] [… 19 lines lost …] [2] ιγ, Ξενικὸς διὰ Τρωίλου πατρὸς τάλαντ […], ιϛ, Κάλλιππος διὰ Διογένους πατρὸς τάλαντον α, κϛ, κθ, Ξενικὸς διὰ Τρωίλου πατρὸς τάλαντον α, λ, Εὐδαίμων ὁ καὶ Θέων διὰ κληρονόμων Νείλου υἱοῦ Ἠριγένους Ἀκουσιλάου ὑπομνηματογραφήσαντος Τῦβι ιϛ τάλαντ …, καὶ …