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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 34850
Account of gold solidi received TM 34850HermopolisV
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A short account of payments in gold solidi, recording a total of 50 full-weight solidi and several instalments received, some reduced by a number of carats. It comes from Hermopolis and dates to the 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
50 solidi of gold, of full weight, of which likewise I received 9 solidi,
I received 32 solidi less 2 carats […] wine-seller (?) […]
Likewise I received 9 solidi less 15 carats
[verso]
…
Sums given as "solidi less so many carats" reflect the late Roman practice of reckoning gold coins by weight, a carat being 1/24 of a solidus. The second line is damaged, and the reading "wine-seller" is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Abrechnung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.