A small fragment of a Greek account listing payments in drachmas and obols, mentioning a man named Herakleides, an agent, and hay. It dates to the middle of the 3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
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[…] ch […]
[…] … ch […]
[…]kros(?) for […]
[…] and less than 1 drachma, 3 obols […]
[…]-doros, the agent of […]
[…] of Herakleides and […]
[…] to the …tearch, 40 drachmas […]
[…] … 1/2 obol […]
[…] pla[…] 2 obols […]
[…] hay, total 48 drachmas, 1 1/2 1/4 obols […]
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The phrase "less" renders Greek deonta, used in accounts for sums falling just short of a round figure. Likely from the Zenon archive, though provenance is not recorded.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.