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p.cair.zen.1.59010 ca. 259 v.Chr.Alexandria (?), Palästina (?)
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Account of a travelling agent's expenses in Syria and Alexandria. An account of money received and spent by a commercial agent in the Zenon archive who travelled between Alexandria and the Syrian-Palestinian coast, with items paid at Sidon and Askalon. It lists a loan from ship-owners and its interest, payments to Zenon and Hikesios, and purchases such as papyrus rolls, barley, camels, sacks, lamps and a slave girl, totalling 3524 drachmas. It dates to about 259 BC. machine translation
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Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[1]
[…]… δραχμὰς […]
[…]ηνος δραχμὰς ιγ
[…]ωφείλησας
[…]…[…]…[…]τον δραχμὰς γ διώβολον
καὶ τὸ δάνειον ὃ ἐκομίσω
παρὰ τῶν ναυκλήρων δραχμὰς σξ σϙθ διώβολον
καὶ τούτων τόκον δραχμὰς λβ τριώβολον
καὶ τὸν ἀπʼ Ἀλεξανδρείας τόκον δραχμὰς λϛ τριώβολον
καὶ ὅτε ἔπλεις εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν δραχμὰς υκ
ἃς Ζήνωνι δραχμὰς ξ
ἃς εἰς Σιδῶνα δραχμὰς ξ
σύκων δραχμὴν α τριώβολον
ἃς Ἱκεσίωι δραχμὰς ξ
[…]… δραχμὰς ζ τριώβολον
[…]…κι…ι δραχμὰς β τετρώβολον χαλκοῦς 1 κ τετρώβολον
[2]
ε…του…[…]
των………
χαρτῶν ξ ὧν Ζήνων δραχμὰς μ
κριθῶν ἀρτάβας ι ἀνὰ β πεντώβολον γίνονται κη διώβολον
ἄλλας δραχμὰς η ἃς ἐν Ἀσκάλωνι
ἄλλας καμήλων δραχμὰς κδ
καὶ εἰς ἀνήλωμα δραχμὰς η ὧν ὅρκον δέδωκας
συρίας δραχμὰς ϛ τριώβολον
τοῦ παιδὸς δραχμὰς ριβ
τὰς ἐκ τοῦ μαρσιππίου δραχμὰς η
σάκκων δραχμὰς δ
λύχνων δραχμὰς β
ἀλφίτων δραχμὰς λ
παιδισκαρίου δραχμὰς κ ἃς τῶι ναυκλήρωι δραχμὰς δ
[…]μίνου κη διώβολον
τούτων ἐπιγένημα ρ δμγ ὀβολὸν
εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ΓφκδTranslations (1)
[column 1]
[…] … [x] drachmas […]
[…]enos 13 drachmas
[…] you owed
[…] … […] … […] 3 drachmas 2 obols
and the loan which you received from the ship-owners, 260 (corrected to 299) drachmas 2 obols
and interest on these, 32 drachmas 3 obols
and the interest from Alexandria, 36 drachmas 3 obols
and when you were sailing to Alexandria, 420 drachmas
which (were paid) to Zenon, 60 drachmas
which (were paid) for Sidon, 60 drachmas
for figs, 1 drachma 3 obols
which (were paid) to Hikesios, 60 drachmas
[…] … 7 drachmas 3 obols
[…] … 2 drachmas 4 obols 1 chalkous, 20 (drachmas) 4 obols ⟦10 (drachmas) 4 obols⟧
[column 2]
… […]
… …
for 60 rolls of papyrus, of which Zenon (has paid?) 40 drachmas
for 10 artabas of barley at 2 drachmas 5 obols, total 28 drachmas 2 obols
another 8 drachmas, which (were spent) in Askalon
another, for camels, 24 drachmas
and for expenditure 8 drachmas, for which you have given an oath
for a Syrian rug (?), 6 drachmas 3 obols
for the slave, 112 drachmas
the (drachmas) from the purse, 8 drachmas
for sacks, 4 drachmas
for lamps, 2 drachmas
for barley-groats, 30 drachmas
for the slave girl, 20 drachmas, of which to the ship-owner 4 drachmas
⟦[…] … 24 artabas⟧
[…]minos 28 (drachmas) 2 obols
surcharge on these, 100 (corrected to) 43 drachmas 1 obol ⟦3 obols⟧
total 3524
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Alexandria
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 671 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.cair.zen;1;59010 tier-1
- HGV-Text 671 tier-1
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