Receipt for Money Payment
Receipt for payment of money
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41904
Receipt for a copper money payment by Heron son of Apphous TM 41904probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that Heron son of Apphous paid 421 copper drachmas on Pachon 24, through two agents, Demetrios and Phanias. It probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Pachon 24. Heron son of Apphous, through the two, Demetrios and Phanias, 421 drachmas of copper.
"Through the two" probably refers to Demetrios and Phanias as collectors or intermediaries for the payment; the purpose of the payment 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 Receipt for Money Payment). 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.1.143
Παχὸν κδ Ἥρων Ἀπφοῦ διὰ τῶν β Διμητρίου καὶ Φανίου χαλκοῦ δραχμὰς υκα.