Receipt for Chaff(?)
Receipt for chaff(?)
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41879
Money account of payments in talents by several persons TM 41879unnamed harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptIVth century A.D.
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A short ostracon account listing sums in talents against several men's names, including Isidoros son of Psenmais, Ptollas and Ptolemaios (paid through Nilammon). It dates to the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Isidoros son of Psenmais, 415 talents
Ptollas, 800 talents
Paian, … talents
Isidoros, … talents
Ptolemaios through Nilammon
3,550 talents, 3,550 talents
for (?) five, 5.
The records disagree on provenance (an unnamed harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, or probably Karanis) and on the nature of the text (receipt for chaff or money account). The last line's abbreviation is uncertain; the large talent sums reflect 4th-century inflation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Chaff(?)). 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
Money account
o.mich.1.113
Ἰσίδωρος Ψενμάιδος τάλαντα υιε Πτολλᾶς τάλαντα ω Παϊᾶν τάλαντ … Ἰσίδωρος τάλαντ … Πτολεμαῖος διὰ Νειλάμμωνος τάλαντα Γφν, τάλαντα Γφν ὑπ πέντε, ε.