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Account of money sums owed or paid by individuals TM 27621Philadelphia (Arsinoites)II

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A short account listing seven men, among them Serapion, Isidoros, Gaion, Sabinus, Delos and Valerius, each with a sum of money in drachmas and obols. It comes from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

Account […] Serapion, of the 1st decury (?), 7 drachmas 5 obols Serapion the elder, 7 drachmas 5 obols Isidoros H…kis, 7 drachmas 4 obols Gaion, 2 drachmas 4 obols Sabinus, 1 drachma 3 obols Delos son of Delos, 8 drachmas Valerius, 2 drachmas 5 obols (deleted: 3 drachmas 3 chalkoi)

The abbreviation read as 'decury' (dekania) may indicate a subdivision, perhaps military or administrative, to which the first Serapion belonged. The purpose of the payments is not stated.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Abrechnung. Verzeichnis von Personen mit nachfolgenden Geldsummen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

bgu.7.1716

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

λόγος …[…]… Σεραπείων δεκανίας α δραχμαὶ ζ πεντώβολον Σεραπείων μέγας δραχμαὶ ζ πεντώβολον Ἰσίδωρος Η…κις δραχμαὶ ζ τετρώβολον Γαίων δραχμαὶ β τετρώβολον Σαβεῖνος δραχμὴ α τριώβολον Δῆλος Δήλου δραχμαὶ η Οὐαλέριος δραχμαὶ β πεντώβολον