Money Account
Money account
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42167
Money account listing sums in drachmas against personal names TM 42167probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century/IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon listing thirteen men, each with a sum of money in drachmas ranging from 500 to 1,700. It is a money account, probably from Karanis in the Fayum, dating to the 3rd or 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Kallinos, 1,000 drachmas
Seuthes son of Artemidoros, 1,000 drachmas
Apolinaris, 1,340 drachmas
Aion son of Papeis, 1,700 drachmas
Apollonas, 500 drachmas
Antonios, 1,240 drachmas
Atisios son of Paianos, 520 drachmas
Ariston, 1,440 drachmas
Ouenaphris son of Aion, 500 drachmas
Achillas, 1,440 drachmas
Peesis son of Path(...), 1,140 drachmas
Herakles, 1,440 drachmas
Chairemon, 1,040 drachmas
The purpose of the payments is not stated. The large drachma sums fit the inflated currency of the later 3rd and 4th centuries.
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.
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