Money Account
Money account
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41869
Account of payments of 140 drachmas by named individuals TM 41869probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon account listing about a dozen individuals, each charged or credited with the same sum of 140 drachmas. It probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum and dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] 140 drachmas
[…] the blind, 140 drachmas
Apolinarios 140 drachmas
Isidoros son of Germanos [140 drachmas]
Harsenouphis 140 drachmas
Onnophris 140 drachmas
Naratis 140 drachmas
[…]os son of Ptollas 140 drachmas
[…] 140 drachmas
[…] 140 drachmas
Hierokles 140 drachmas
Isais 140 drachmas
The identical amount for every person suggests a uniform levy or payment, but the purpose is not stated. One man is described as 'the blind'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Money Account). 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.mich.1.104
[…] δραχμαὶ ρμ […]… τυφλὸς δραχμαὶ ρμ Ἀπολινᾶρις δραχμαὶ ρμ Ἰσίδωρος Γερμανοῦ δραχμαὶ ρμ Ἀρσενοῦφις δραχμαὶ ρμ Ὀννῶφρις δραχμαὶ ρμ Ναρᾶτις δραχμαὶ ρμ …ως Πτολλᾶ δραχμαὶ ρμ …… δραχμαὶ ρμ … δραχμαὶ ρμ Ἱεροκλῆς δραχμαὶ ρμ Ἰσᾶις δραχμαὶ ρμ