An account of money received and spent, written on both sides of a papyrus from Oxyrhynchus in the 3rd century AD. The front lists receipts including earnest-money, the price of a small carpet and an account of Chariton, with disbursements; the back gives the account of Sopatros concerning produce and wine.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Receipts:
of exchange (?) 628 drachmas,
of earnest-money 704 drachmas,
others in Herakleous 100 drachmas,
of the first account of Chariton 85 drachmas,
price of a small carpet 220 drachmas,
total 1,737 drachmas.
Of which: deposits 84 drachmas,
expenses 8 drachmas,
to Bokkas 50 drachmas,
[…]
[verso]
Account of Sopatros.
Of produce 2 talents 3,912 drachmas,
of which he has in hand 2,623 drachmas,
and likewise another 500 drachmas,
and for the price of old wine 100 drachmas,
and to the account of expenses 153 drachmas,
total 3,376 drachmas.
Of which, of receipts of […] 800 drachmas,
[…] 2 […] drachmas […]3.
[…]
The term allaximon is obscure; it may refer to money from exchange or to garments (allaxima, changes of clothing). Herakleous is probably a place name or district.
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 Receipts and Expenses). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.