cpr.8.40
παρὰ Νεαρχίδου Βήκει ὀρνιθᾷ χαίρειν. παράσχου Διονυσίῳ ὥστε εἰς τὴν τράπεζαν ὑπὲρ μισθοῦ ζυγώσεως νομισματίου ἀργυρίου ταλάντων μυριάδας δύο, γίνονται ταλάντων μυριάδες β . Νεαρχίδης σεσημείωμαι. Ἐπεὶφ ιθ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32363
Payment order from Nearchides to Bekis the poulterer TM 32363HermopolitesIV
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A payment order in which Nearchides instructs Bekis, a poultry dealer, to pay Dionysios 20,000 talents of silver for the bank, as the fee for weighing a gold coin. It comes from the Hermopolite nome in the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
From Nearchides
to Bekis, poulterer, greetings. Provide to Dionysios, for the bank, for the fee for weighing the solidus, 20,000 talents of silver, total 20,000 talents.
I, Nearchides, have signed. Epeiph 19.
The "weighing" (zygosis) fee was charged for checking the weight of the gold solidus (nomisma); the huge sum in talents reflects 4th-century inflation. The final total, signature and date are restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zahlungsauftrag an Bekis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.