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Φαρμοῦθι α… ε… ὑπὲρ …… α κατεβαλ δραχμαὶ ξ β ὁμοίως δραχμαὶ δ… γ δραχμαὶ λβ χω δραχμαὶ λβ, γίνονται ρξδ δ καβ γε δραχμαὶ κϛ μερισμ γε δραχμαὶ ιγ ὀνόματος Ερ… αλ …ια ὀνόματος …
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29979
Account of money payments in instalments TM 29979unbekanntII - III
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A short ostracon account of money paid in instalments, beginning in the month Pharmouthi, with sums in drachmas, a running total of 164 drachmas and an entry for a merismos (apportioned tax). Names of the persons credited are only partly preserved. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Pharmouthi 1(?) […] for […]
1st (instalment?) paid: 60 drachmas
2nd likewise: 4(?) drachmas
3rd: 32 drachmas
separately(?): 32 drachmas, total 164
4th […] 26 drachmas
apportionment (merismos) […] 13 drachmas
in the name of Er[…]
[…] in the name of […]
[…]
Several abbreviations (e.g. 'χω', 'καβ γε') are uncertain and their rendering here is tentative. A merismos was a tax apportioned among the inhabitants of a community.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Money). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.