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Account of sums in myriads of small change TM 34583Kysis (Oasis Magna)IV - Anfang V

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A fragmentary ostracon account listing sums of money in myriads of denarii, several described as 'small change'. It comes from Kysis in the Great Oasis and dates to the 4th or early 5th century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] of small change (?) […] ⟦… 120 myriads⟧ […] of small change, 75 myriads […] 100 myriads ⟦135 myriads⟧ […] of small change ⟦myriads⟧ 60

'Kerma' (small change) refers to the low-value coinage of late antiquity, counted here in myriads (units of 10,000) of denarii. Some entries were struck out by the scribe.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Compte en myriades). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV - Anfang V · Kysis (Oasis Magna)

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