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Estate account of payments to workers and allowances TM 31502Theadelphia (Arsinoites)Mitte III

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Fragment of an estate account from the Heroninos archive at Theadelphia in the Fayum, mid-3rd century AD. It records cash payments to workers for harvesting, irrigation, cowherding and building work, followed by a list of grain or other allowances to named individuals.

In English machine translation

[A] […] to […]on for allowance (opsonion), 32 drachmas […] likewise, 24 drachmas […] likewise, 24 drachmas […] to the workers of Thraso for the […], 12 drachmas [to those from P]olydeukia likewise, 4 drachmas […] cutting the early crop [of the] 7 arouras [around] Kiales, 22 workers […] at 12 obols each […] to the one irrigating, together with the […] for the month, 48 drachmas […] likewise to the one splitting (?), together with [the] cowherds for the mo[nth] […] 48 drachmas […] the same, on my behalf, Apsoras […] Chairemon 1 1/2 obols, 60 drachmas […] of the builder, who built […] the water-crossing (?) of Kytos […] 5, 13 drachmas 2 1/2 obols […] to the same, and cutting […] 15 workers at 12 obols each […] of the month, 37 workers at 12 obols each […] 61 drachmas 2 obols [B] Total together […] Remainder of produce […] of wheat likewise […] through the same account […] of which expenditure […] to […]neilos likewise […] to Marion likewise […] to Herakles likewise […] to Anoubios likewise […] to Aneus likewise […] to Hatres likewise […] to Herakleides likewise […] to Sotas likewise […] to Onnophris likewise […] to Didymas, a kotyle […] to Paneus, a kotyle […] to Pelkas, a kotyle […] to Pemsis, a kotyle […] to Kaes, pairs […] to Ammonas, a pair […]

Opsonion is a cash allowance for food paid to estate staff. The meaning of diabetes here (possibly a channel crossing or water device) is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di rendiconto dell’archivio di Heroninos). 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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