Money Account
Money account
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An ostracon with a money account listing individuals, mostly identified by name and father's name, with sums in drachmas (commonly 240), plus marginal entries and a total of 160 talents. It probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum and dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
The large total in talents reflects the steep inflation of the late 3rd and early 4th centuries. The figures in the second margin (10, 11 3) may be in talents, but the unit is not written.
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.
Money account
[ctr] […]… […] υἱοῦ δραχμαὶ σμ […]…ου δραχμαὶ σμ Πτολεμαίου δραχμαὶ σμ […]… ὁμοίως δραχμαὶ σμ […] … δραχμαὶ σ […]ων δραχμαὶ υπ […]ου· δραχμαὶ χ […] Ὧρος Ὡρίωνος δραχμαὶ υπ [ms,A] […] δραχμαὶ σμ […]δραχμαὶ σμ […]δραχμαὶ σμ [ms,B] Εὐφιδᾶς ι Ὀννῶφρις ια γ γίνονται τάλαντα ρξ.
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