The Amount of Wages Paid to the Quarry-Workers at Mons Claudianus

Hélène Cuvigny

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O.Claud, inv. 4751; 14.5 × 10.5 cm; A.D. 136–146. Instructions from Pachoumis for the month of Thoth. Wages: 47 drachmae. Deductions: advance 20 drachmae (you get a receipt); 3 cotylae of oil; I mation of lentils; I mation of onions; I amphora of wine; symbole: 3 drachmae. My wheat to the desert. Dapane: 4 obols. The rest to the desert. Pachoumis worked in the imperial quarries at Mons Claudianus. He was either a quarryman, a stone-mason, or a smith. He belonged to the group of workers called pagani.

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