Private account of wage payments to Protoktetos and Mylos TM 31437unbekannt1. Hälfte III

Fragment of a private account recording payments of wages (opsonion) of 8 drachmas each to two men, Protoktetos and Mylos, for the month Hadrianos, along with items such as honey and beans. An Aurelius Ptolemaios is mentioned, and the verso notes that something was entered in the accounts.

In English machine translation

Opsonion means a cash allowance or wage for provisions. Hadrianos was an honorific month name used in Roman Egypt, equivalent to Choiak; the second spelling 'Propoktetos' is a scribal slip for Protoktetos.

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