Receipt for money
This ostracon contains a receipt for money.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34736
Receipt for money paid by Helene through Heron TM 34736unknownByzantine century
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An ostracon receipt recording a payment of money by Helene, daughter (?) of Paionis, made through Heron, on Mesore 25 of a 12th indiction, on account of a 4th year. The sums are given in myriads of denarii.
In English machine translation
Mesore 25. Helene daughter (?) of Paionis, through Heron, 12th indiction,
for year 4, 870 myriads of denarii; ... (?)
... 128 myriads of denarii.
Sums in 'myriads' (units of 10,000) of denarii reflect the heavy inflation of the 4th century AD. The words after the first sum and much of the last line are uncertain or illegible.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Money). 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.leid.410
Μεσορὴ κε Ἑλένη Παιόνιως διὰ Ἥρωνος ιβ ἰνδικτίονος ὑπὲρ δ ἔτους δηναρίων μυριάδας ωο ξηρω κος… … β… δηναρίων μυριάδας ρκη