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An account of a sum of gold coins of various denominations (mina pieces, fifty-drachma pieces and trichrysa) with the premium for exchange into silver, totalling 2 talents 2,124 drachmas. Of this, 2 talents were deposited in the royal bank of Stratokles at Diospolis, with small sums withdrawn or paid in to balance. It belongs to the Zenon archive, mid-3rd century BC.
The epallage is the exchange premium charged when gold coins are reckoned in silver; the last recto lines are a correction in a smaller hand. The verso word kynouchos (literally a dog leash) seems to denote a bag or purse; meaning uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as A 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.
A detailed account of a sum of money owned by the writer, or rather by his employer, the total being 2 talents, 2,124 drachmae. Of this sum 2 talents in gold of various denominations had been deposited in the bank of Stratokles. The gold coins did not exactly make up the amount…
[r] ἔνεστι μναιεῖα λζ καὶ τούτου ἐπαλλαγὴ δραχμαὶ ρμη πεντηκονταδράχμων μναῖ μϛ ἡμιμναῖον καὶ τούτου ἐπαλλαγὴ δραχμαὶ ρπϛ γίνεται τάλαντον α δραχμαὶ Βχπδ καὶ τρίχρυσα πε ὧν μναῖ να καὶ τούτου ἐπαλλαγὴ τοῦ τριχρύσου δραχμαὶ ϛ τετρώβολον γίνονται δραχμαὶ φξϛ τετρώβολον εἰς δὲ τὸ αὐ…
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