Money Account
Money account
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A short money account on an ostracon listing six men with sums of drachmas against their names, one of them, Neilos, identified as a kephalaiotes (head of a group or collector). It dates to the early 4th century AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.
A kephalaiotes was a headman or collector responsible for a group, often of taxpayers or workers. The large sums reflect the inflated currency of the 4th century; the number 16 before Didymos is unexplained.
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
Δ[…]θας δραχμαὶ Βφκ Πτόλλιος δραχμαὶ Βφκ ιϛ Δίδυμος Πτολεμαίου δραχμαὶ Αφ Ἡρακλᾶς δραχμαὶ Ακ Ἀμμωνᾶς δραχμαὶ Ασ Νεῖλος κεφαλαιωτὴς δραχμαὶ Αρ
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