Money Account
Account of payments of money
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42510
Account of payments of 2 drachmas each by villagers TM 42510probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIInd century/IIIrd century A.D.
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An ostracon account listing men who each paid 2 drachmas, with running totals of 4 drachmas for each pair, followed by three men still outstanding. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
Eren son of Horos, 2 drachmas; Pates, 2 drachmas;
Orsenouphis son of Ptollis, 2 drachmas; total 4 drachmas
Mestas son of Lanis, 2 drachmas;
Paos son of Porros, 2 drachmas; total 4 drachmas
Sabras son of Axion, 2; Horos son of Challes, 2 drachmas; total 4 drachmas
Challes son of Orsirouphas, 2 drachmas;
Paes son of Konos, 2 drachmas; total 4 drachmas
Pathres son of Amonnis, 2 drachmas, 4 drachmas
Remaining (unpaid): Sisouchos son of Orsenouphis, Petetriphis son of Mestas, Preisthos son of Serentios.
The abbreviation read as 'remaining' (loipoi) presumably marks those who had not yet paid. The purpose of the 2-drachma payments 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 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.
o.mich.1.98
Ἐρῆν Ὥρου δραχμαὶ β Πατῆς δραχμαὶ β Ὀρσενοῦφις Πτόλλιδος δραχμαὶ β, γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ Μεστᾶς Λᾶνις δραχμαὶ β Παῶς Πόῤῥου δραχμαὶ β, γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ Σαβρᾶς Ἀξίωνος β, Ὧρος Χαλλῆ δραχμαὶ β, γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ Χαλλῆς Ὀρσιρουφᾶ δραχμαὶ β Παῆς Κώνου δραχμαὶ β, γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ Π…