p.athen.xyla.21
[r] […]ίῳ οἰνοπράτῃ Πετρώνιος παράσχου τὰς εἰς ἐμὴν χρείαν μυριάδας τριάκοντα ἑπτὰ μόνας, γίνονται δηναρίων μυριάδες λζ , Χοίακ η ἰνδικτίονος […] [v] […] †
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 35211
Order to a wine-merchant to pay 37 myriads of denarii TM 35211Unterägypten (?)V
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A short payment order on a wooden tablet in which Petronios instructs a wine-merchant to pay out 370,000 denarii (37 myriads) for his needs. It is dated Choiak 8 of an unknown indiction year, in the 5th century AD, probably in Lower Egypt.
In English machine translation
[recto]
To […]ios, wine-merchant, Petronios.
[Provide] for my needs thirty-[seven] myriads only, total 37 myriads of denarii. Choiak 8, indiction […].
[verso]
[…] †
A myriad is 10,000; sums in myriads of denarii reflect the heavy inflation of the late Roman currency. The number 'seven' is restored from the figure 37 given in numerals.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Order to Pay). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.