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p.cair.zen.4.59705 Mitte III v.Chr.

Account of daily expenses via HGV-meta

Account of daily expenses for food, bath and sundries. A day-by-day account of small expenses starting on Mesore 4, funded by money received from Spinther and the ship's captain Horos. It records purchases of bread, firewood, vinegar, oil, meat, eggs and payments to bath-attendants and a workman, and comes from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the mid-3rd century BC. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Μεσορὴ δ ἔχω παρὰ Σπίνθηρος α πεντώβολον παρὰ Ὥρου κυβερνήτου δραχμὰς η γίνονται δραχμαὶ θ πεντώβολον ὧν δ ἐργάτηι τῶι τὴν κίονα ἄραντι ἡμιωβέλιον ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον ε ὄξος τέταρτον βαλανεῖ ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον ἄρτοι ὀβολὸς ἀμὶς ἡμιωβέλιον δέοντα ὀβολοὺς β δ γίνεται πεντώβολον ϛ ἄρτοι ἡμιωβέλιον ἅλες ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον τιτι ἡμιωβέλιον ἄρτυμα χαλκοῦς 1 βαλανεῖ ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον ξύλα ὀβολὸν δέοντα ὀβολοὶ β δ γίνονται τετρώβολον χαλκοῖ ζ ζ ἄρτοι διώβολον κεράμιον ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον κίκι ἡμιωβέλον ὄψον ἡμιωβέλιον ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον ξύλα ἡμιωβέλιον χύτρα ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον ᾠὰ ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 Ὠφελίωνι ἡμιωβέλιον δέοντα ὀβολοὶ β δ γίνονται α ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵 δ η βαλανεῖ ἡμιωβέλιον ι[…]ιον…[…] ἐπὶ τοῦ Δέλτα … δέοντα ὀβολοὶ β δ […] θ κρέα ἡμιωβέλιον ξύλα […] ὄξος ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον φακῆ […] λάχανον ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον βαλανεῖ ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον ἄρτοι […] κίκι ἡμιωβέλιον ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον δέοντα ὀβολοὶ β δ γίνονται δραχμὴ α ὀβολὸς α δ ι βαλανεῖ ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον δέοντα ὀβολοὶ β δ γίνεται ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵 ια βαλανεῖ ἡμιωβέλιον κίκι ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον δέοντα ὀβολοὶ β δ γίνονται τριώβολον ιβ θύον ὀβολὸν κρέα ἡμιωβέλιον ξύλα ἡμιωβέλιον ἐρέβινθοι[…] ἄρτοι ἡμιωβέλιον …χ…[…] ὄξος ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον δέοντα ὀβολοὶ β δ κίκι ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον κεραμ[…] ἡμιωβέλιον γίνονται δραχμὴ α ἡμιωβέλιον ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον ιγ δέοντα ὀβολοὶ β δ βαλανεῖ ἡμιωβέλιον […] κρέα ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 ὄξος[…] τάριχος ἡμιωβέλιον ὀβολοῦ τέταρτον [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Mesore 4. I have received: from Spinther 1 drachma 5 obols from Horos the ship's captain 8 drachmas Total 9 drachmas 5 obols, of which: 4th: to a workman who lifted the column 1/2 obol 1/4 obol 5th: vinegar 1/4 (obol); to the bath-attendant 1/4 obol bread 1 obol; chamber pot 1/2 obol necessaries 2 1/4 obols; total 5 obols 6th: bread 1/2 obol; salt 1/4 obol titi (?) 1/2 obol; seasoning 1 chalkous to the bath-attendant 1/4 obol; firewood 1 obol necessaries 2 1/4 obols Total 4 obols 7 chalkoi 7th: bread 2 obols; jar 1/4 obol castor oil 1/2 obol; relish 1/2 obol 1/4 obol firewood 1/2 obol; cooking pot 1/4 obol eggs 1 1/2 obols; to Ophelion 1/2 obol necessaries 2 1/4 obols Total 1 (drachma) 2 3/4 obols 8th: to the bath-attendant 1/2 obol; […] at the Delta […] necessaries 2 1/4 obols […] [9th]: meat 1/2 obol; firewood […] vinegar 1/4 obol; lentils […] vegetables 1/4 obol to the bath-attendant 1/4 obol; bread […] castor oil 1/2 obol 1/4 obol; necessaries 2 1/4 obols Total 1 drachma 1 1/4 obols 10th: to the bath-attendant 1/4 obol; necessaries [2 1/4 obols; total 2 1/2 obols] 11th: to the bath-attendant 1/2 obol; castor oil 1/4 obol necessaries 2 1/4 obols; total 3 obols 12th: sacrificial offering 1 obol; meat 1/2 obol firewood 1/2 obol; chickpeas […] bread 1/2 obol; […] vinegar 1/4 obol; necessaries 2 1/4 obols castor oil 1/4 obol; jar […] 1/2 obol Total 1 drachma 1/2 obol 1/4 obol [13th]: necessaries 2 1/4 obols to the bath-attendant 1/2 obol […] meat 1 1/2 obols; vinegar […] salted fish 1/2 obol 1/4 obol […]

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Found at Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

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