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p.cair.zen.3.59517 256 - 248 v.Chr.Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)

Account from Timanthes via HGV-meta

Account of wages for clearing brushwood and irrigating land. An account submitted by Timanthes of wages paid out of a 20-drachma allowance to day labourers who gathered and burned brushwood and cut scrub on land from Thoth 25 to Phaophi 9, and then irrigated it from Phaophi 10 to 15. Each worker received 3/4 obol a day. It belongs to the Zenon archive, probably from Philadelphia in the Fayum, about 256-248 BC. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

λόγος παρὰ Τιμάνθου ἀπὸ τῶν κ δραχμῶν τοῦ ἀνηλώματος Θῶυτ κε εἰς συναγωγὴν φρυγάνων καὶ ἐνπυρισμὸν σώματα η ἀνὰ ἡμιωβέλιον ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον γίνεται δραχμὴ α κϛ σώματα δ τριώβολον κζ σώματα δ τριώβολον κη σώματα ζ ὀβολοὶ ε δ κθ σώματα η δραχμὴ α λ σώματα δ τριώβολον Φαῶφι α εἰς τὴν ἐπιτρέχουσαν κοπάδα σώματα ιβ δραχμὴ α τριώβολον δ εἰς συναγωγὴν καὶ ἐνπυρισμον θ δραχμὴ α ἡμιωβέλιον ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον ε σώματα ζ ὀβολοὶ ε δ ϛ σώματα ϛ ὀβολοὶ δ 𐅵 ζ σώματα ζ ὀβολοὶ ε δ η σώματα ε ὀβολοὶ γ 𐅵 δ θ σώματα ε ὀβολοὶ γ 𐅵 δ γίνονται δραχμαὶ ι ὀβολοὶ δ 𐅵 εἰσιν δʼ ἔτι ἄρουραι κε ὧν αἱ μὲν …κε… κα…ομολογηνται, αἱ δὲ α… παν ……εγγακου εν… πικρίδα ποτισμοῦ …… ι εἰς τὴν βροχὴν σώματα ζ ὀβολοὶ ε δ ια σώματα η δραχμὴ α ιβσώματα ϛ ὀβολοὶ δ 𐅵 ιγ σώματα ϛ ὀβολοὶ δ 𐅵 ιδ σώματα η δραχμὴ α ιε σώματα η δραχμὴ α γίνονται δραχμαὶ ε ὀβολοὶ β δ εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ δραχμαὶ ιϛ ἡμιωβέλιον ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Account from Timanthes of the 20 drachmas of expenditure. Thoth 25, for collecting brushwood and burning: 8 workers at 1/2 1/4 obol each, makes 1 drachma. 26: 4 workers, 3 obols. 27: 4 workers, 3 obols. 28: 7 workers, 5 1/4 obols. 29: 8 workers, 1 drachma. 30: 4 workers, 3 obols. Phaophi 1, for the cutting that was going on: 12 workers, 1 drachma 3 obols. 4, for collecting and burning: 9 (workers), 1 drachma 1/2 1/4 obol. 5: 7 workers, 5 1/4 obols. 6: 6 workers, 4 1/2 obols. 7: 7 workers, 5 1/4 obols. 8: 5 workers, 3 1/2 1/4 obols. 9: 5 workers, 3 1/2 1/4 obols. Total 10 drachmas 4 1/2 obols. There are still 25 arouras, of which some […] are agreed (?), while others […] […] chicory (?) […] of irrigation […] 10, for the flooding: [7 workers, 5 1/4 obols]. [11]: 8 workers, 1 drachma. 12: 6 workers, 4 [1/2] obols. 13: 6 workers, 4 1/2 obols. 14: 8 workers, 1 drachma. 15: 8 workers, 1 drachma. Total 5 drachmas 2 1/4 obols. [Grand total] 16 drachmas 1/2 1/4 obol.

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Found at Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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