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p.cair.zen.4.59608 Mitte III v.Chr.Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)

Fragment of letter and fragment of account via HGV-meta

End of a letter about sesame, with an account of food expenses on the back. The end of a letter in which the writer apologizes for troubling a busy recipient, reports that the sesame has been inspected and is substantial, and urges him to prepare well ahead against obstacles. On the back is a daily account of small food purchases (wine, beans, vegetables, radishes, mustard, a bird) for the epagomenal days and the start of the month Thoth. It belongs to the Zenon archive, mid-3rd century BC, probably from Philadelphia. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] [… ? lines lost …] ἀποστεῖλαι. ἴσως μὲν οὖν ἐνοχλοῦμεν ἀσχολούμενόν σε, ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῦτα ἀναγκαῖά ἐστιν. τὸ σήσαμον δὲ ἐπεληλύθαμεν καὶ ἔστιν ἀξιόλογον. φρόντιζε οὖν πρὸ πολλοῦ περὶ τῶν σκανδάλων. ἔρρωσο. [v,1] […]γράφωι δραχμὴ α […]…ινηι τετρώβολον […] γίνονται ε ὀβολὸς […]ἐπαγομένων […]…ον ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 […]ον ὀβολὸς […]οἶνος ὀβολὸς […]ὄρνιξ α ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 […]κύαμοι ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 […]λάχανα ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον […]εν […]ν ὀβολὸς […]αβυνια ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον […] δραχμαὶ β διώβολον [v,2] τὸ αὐτὸ γίνονται δραχμαὶ […] Θῶυθ α ῥαφάνια […] β σεύτλιον […] λάχανα […] γίνεται ἡμιωβέλιον χαλκοῦς 1 γ ὄψον […] λαμπάδα […] σίναπυ […] γίνονται ὀβολοὶ δ 𐅵 δ δ ὄψον […] οἶνος […] γίνονται β πεντώβολον

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] [… lines lost …] to send. Perhaps we are troubling you while you are busy, but these things too are necessary. We have gone over the sesame and it is considerable. So take care well in advance about the stumbling blocks (?). Farewell. [verso, column 1] […] to the […]graphos (?) 1 drachma […] 4 obols […] total 5 (drachmas) 1 obol […] of the epagomenal days […] 1 1/2 obols […] 1 obol […] wine 1 obol […] 1 bird 1 1/2 obols […] beans 1 1/2 obols […] vegetables 1/4 obol […] […] 1 obol […] 1/4 obol […] 2 drachmas 2 obols [verso, column 2] Total of the same, […] drachmas Thoth 1st: radishes […] 2nd: beet […] vegetables […] total 1/2 obol 1 chalkous 3rd: relish […] a torch […] mustard […] total 4 1/2 1/4 obols 4th: relish […] wine […] total 2 (drachmas) 5 obols

Connections

Found at Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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