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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 6451153, member: 110350&quot;]One more excerpt from K&amp;G, for those who either can read a little German and/or (like me) are willing to use Google Translate or DeepL to decipher unfamiliar terms: a wage and prices table for different time periods in Roman Egypt (&quot;1 Jh.&quot; = 1st Century AD, etc.), derived from surviving papyri, giving an idea of the purchasing power of the Obol, the Drachm, etc. (Keep in mind that 6 Obol = 1 Drachm.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The wages are per day unless otherwise indicated, (Pro Monat = per month; Pro Jahr = per year; Pro Fest = per Festival.)</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, the occupations for which wages are listed for the 1st Century AD include the farm worker or unskilled laborer, the donkey driver, the weaver, the foreman of weavers, the ropemaker, the mason, the tiller/plowman, and the watchman/guard.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the 2nd Century, the wages list includes farm worker, porter in port, foreman of porters, stonemason, watchman/guard, nurse, deputy tax collector, actor, singer, and dancer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Among the items for which prices are listed for various times are wheat (Weizen), wine, beer, a donkey, a tunic, clothing money for a slave, various types of slave (young woman, child, woman, young man, man, etc.), and travel money for soldiers from Egypt to Italy.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256895[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256896[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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