Account of money
Account of money
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30518
Account of money payments by name TM 30518probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon from Karanis with a short account of money, listing sums in drachmas against personal names and also against a guard and the accounting office. It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Of Rhetor: 400 drachmas
Amiaton: 656 drachmas […] 240
Of Paesios: 5,060 drachmas
Guard(s) …: 600 drachmas
Of Komodios: 640 drachmas
Of the accounting office: 600 drachmas
Pa…e: 720 drachmas
…ytu: 600 drachmas
The large sums in drachmas reflect the inflated currency of the late 3rd and early 4th century. The 'logisterion' was an accounting office, probably of local administration.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
o.mich.3.976
Ῥήτορος δραχμαὶ υ Ἀμιᾶτον δραχμαὶ χνϛ […] σμ Παησίου δραχμαὶ Εξ φύλαξ… δραχμαὶ χ Κομοδίου δραχμαὶ χμ λογιστηρίου δραχμαὶ χ Πα…η δραχμαὶ ψκ …υτυ δραχμαὶ χ