p.oxy.12.1500
Ἀχιλλᾷ τραπεζίτῃ. δὸς Ἑρμαΐσκῳ βαλανευτῇ ὑπὲρ ὀψωνίου Θὼθ δραχμὰς ὀκτώ, γίνονται δραχμαὶ η. ἔτους θ Θὼθ ιδ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21883
Order to the banker Achillas to pay a bath-attendant's wages TM 21883Oxyrhynchos11. Sept. 229
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A short payment order instructing the banker Achillas to pay the bath-attendant Hermaiskos 8 drachmas as his wages for the month of Thoth. It was written at Oxyrhynchus on 11 September 229.
In English machine translation
To Achillas, banker.
Pay Hermaiskos, bath-attendant, for his wages for Thoth, 8 drachmas, total 8 drachmas.
Year 9, Thoth 14.
The abbreviated title is expanded as "bath-attendant" (balaneus). Year 9 refers to the reign of Severus Alexander.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to a Banker). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.