o.eleph.wagner.313
† Αὐρήλιος Καροῦρ Ἰωάννου […] Ἐλεφαντίνης Αὐρήλιος Μηνᾶς μο…[…] … λόγῳ …[…] σοι ἀργυρίου …[…] γίνεται ἀργυρίου τάλαντα κ …[…] [… 2 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34321
Receipt for a loan of silver TM 34321ElephantineIV - V
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Fragmentary ostracon receipt in which Aurelius Karour son of Ioannes and Aurelius Menas, of Elephantine, acknowledge a sum of silver, apparently a loan, totalling some talents. It dates to the 4th-5th century AD.
In English machine translation
† Aurelius Karour son of Ioannes […]
of Elephantine; Aurelius Menas […]
[…] on account of […]
to you of silver […]
Total: 20 (?) talents of silver […]
[… 2 lines lost …]
The record describes the text as a receipt for a loan of money; the surviving lines show only names and a total in silver talents. The numeral after 'talents' is read as 20, but what follows is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu d’un prêt d’argent). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.