Account of money
Account of money
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32730
Account of money paid by individuals TM 32730probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIVth century A.D.
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A fragmentary ostracon account listing sums of money in talents and drachmas against personal names. It comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] […]
[…]th(?) 1 talent 4,300 drachmas
[…] 4,800 drachmas
[…] Ptol[…] 1 talent 3,000 drachmas
[…] son of Kastor 4,500 drachmas
[…] son of Artemidoros 4,100 drachmas
[…]nios, on account of grain(?) 700 drachmas
Herakles son of Herakles
[…]aramm[…] 4,700 drachmas
The large sums reflect the heavy inflation of the 4th century. The abbreviation 'σι' after 'account' is uncertain, possibly for grain (sitos).
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.3.977
[…]…[…] […]θ τάλαντον α δραχμαὶ Δτ […][…] δραχμαὶ Δω […] Πτολ τάλαντον α δραχμαὶ Γ […]Κάστορος δραχμαὶ Δφ […] Ἀρτεμιδώρου δραχμαὶ Δρ […]νιος λόγου σι δραχμαὶ ψ Ἡρακλῆς Ἡρακλήου […]αραμμ δραχμαὶ Δψ