Fragment of a private register
Scanty remains of one sheet, and the margin of the previous sheet. Belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 36715
Private account of payments for eggs, chickens and a pig TM 36715unknownVIth Century AD
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A fragment of a private account from the archive of Dioscoros recording small payments in keratia for eggs, chickens, a pig for the bishop and payments to various individuals, including public officials and a camel driver. It dates to the 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
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Papees, public official(?), 1 keration
Of Paniskos and the assistant, for 150 eggs, 2 keratia
To Toeto, for Komys son of Theoteknos, for 200 eggs, 2 1/2 1/4 keratia
In small change, through Enoch son of Parakles, 1 1/2 keratia
Likewise, for 20 chickens, […] keratia
Price of a pig for the bishop, through Lazaros, 2 [keratia] 12(?)
Likewise, for 2 chickens, […] 1/2 keratia
Promaos, public official(?), to Antinoou, 1 keration
Through Charisios […] 24(?), 2 keratia
To the most revered(?) […] 1 1/4 keratia
Serenos, camel driver, […] 3 1/2 keratia
The keration (carat) was a small fractional unit of the gold solidus. The word dēmosieuōn, here rendered 'public official', may refer to a public notary or scribe.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment de registre privé). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.masp.2.67212
[… ? lines lost …] Παπηες δημοσιεύων κεράτιον α Πανίσκου καὶ τοῦ βοηθοῦ ὑπὲρ ᾠῶν ρν κεράτια β εἰς Τοετὼ τῷ Κόμυτι Θεοτέκνου ὑπὲρ ᾠὰ σ κεράτια β 𐅵 δ ἐν κέρματι διὰ Ἐνὼχ Παρακλη κεράτιον α 𐅵 ὁμοίως ὑπὲρ ὀρνιθίων κ κεράτι τιμῆς χοίρου τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ διὰ Λαζάρου κεράτια β ιβ ὁμοίως ὑπὲρ…