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Account of money payments with personal names TM 29980unbekanntII - III

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A fragmentary ostracon with an account of money payments in drachmas, obols and chalkoi, listing names such as Isarion, Phaeris and Amenothes. It dates to the 2nd-3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] Isarion, (slave?) of Caesar […] […] 24, 2 children (?), 2 drachmas 2 obols […] Phaeris son of Psen[…], 2 drachmas 1 chalkous […]s[…] 1 drachma 1 chalkous […] 38, 33 drachmas […] another 28 through Amenothes, 28 drachmas […] 20, 4 obols, 2 children (?), 2 drachmas 2 obols […]atres 16 and Phaeris, 8 drachmas 4 obols […] to the 29th, 1 drachma 4 obols […] 26 drachmas 1 chalkous […]ias […]ias

The word rendered "children" (paides) could also mean slaves or servants; "of Caesar" may mark Isarion as an imperial slave or freedman.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II - III

[…] Ἰσάριον Καίσαρος […] κδ παῖδες β δραχμαὶ β διώβολον […] Φαῆρις υἱὸς Ψεν…ς δραχμαὶ β χαλκοῦς 1 […]σ…ς δραχμαὶ α χαλκοῦς 1 […] ανθ λη δραχμαὶ λγ […]σχ ἄλλας κη διὰ Ἀμενώθου δραχμαὶ κη […] κ τετρώβολον παῖδες β δραχμαὶ β διώβολον […]ατρης ιϛ καὶ Φαῆρις δραχμαὶ η τετρώβολον […]… …