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Account of payments in solidi by named individuals TM 38593ElephantineVI

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A money account on an ostracon from Elephantine listing individuals, mostly by name and father's name, with sums in gold solidi set against each, usually 3 to 4 1/2. Among those named are a steward (pronoetes) called Apa Ter and two men designated as 'brother', perhaps monks. Sixth century AD.

In English machine translation

[Column 1] […] 4 solidi […] 4 solidi […] 4 solidi […] 4 solidi […] 4 solidi […] 4 solidi […] 4 solidi […] 4 solidi […] 4 solidi […] 4 solidi […] [Column 2] † Apa Ter, steward, 8 1/2 solidi Pselos son of Siagelo, 3 1/2 solidi Allas son of Psalos, 3 1/2 solidi Ioustos son of Pselos, 4 1/2 solidi Pachoum son of Akr(…), 20 solidi […]t son of Mar(…), 4 solidi Gelontios son of Akr(…), 4 solidi […] 4 solidi Theodoros son of Pas, 3 solidi Ioannes son of Heraklas, 4 solidi Petros son of Ioannes, 4 solidi […] 4 solidi […] [Column 3] Karthomathi, brother, solidi […] Niaro[…] 3 1/2 solidi Sokrates […] 4 1/2 solidi Konstanti(…) son of Chen(…), 4 1/2 solidi Kosmas son of Nilamon, 4 1/2 solidi Psates son of Hatres, 4 1/2 solidi Ioseph son of Psoch(…), 4 1/2 solidi Merkourios son of Senoth, 4 1/2 solidi Menas son of Senouth, 4 1/2 solidi Zacharias son of Euarestos, 4 1/2 solidi […]ios son of Alexas Ch[…], 4 1/2 solidi Makarios, brother, 4 1/2 solidi […]

The pronoetes was an estate or institutional manager. 'Brother' may indicate members of a monastic community; the purpose of the payments is not stated.

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 espèces). 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 · VI · Elephantine

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