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p.col.4.113 Mitte III v.Chr.Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)

Memorandum about Carpetmaking and Dyeing via HGV-meta

Memorandum on wool, dyeing and carpet-making, requesting more wool. A memorandum from a wool workshop, probably at Philadelphia in the Fayum in the mid-3rd century BC, accounting for wool, dye-flowers, soda and payments to women workers. The writer reports that 1 talent of dirty wool from Kallippos yielded 45 minas of clean wool, from which Sosos has a double-sided rug of 30 minas, and asks the addressee to order funds for the women and more wool so the workers are not idle. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[1] [… ? lines lost …] […]… χαλκοῦ δραχμαὶ κ τετρώβολον […]ον ἀνήλωμα […]τούτου καθαροῦ[…]… ἔχει Σῶσος […] μνᾶς λ τοῦ […]ς δραχμαὶ η […]……[…]…[…]…[…]ι […]ε…ς[…]…ν […] ταῖς προσμετρουμέναις[…]ταῖς γυναιξὶν […]ἀνθέων μναῖς γ […]… καὶ τῆς δέσμης[…]…λης β… […]ν ἐρίων μναῖ η […]… ἀνὰ ὀβολοὺς 2 γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ […]…ιν νίτρα […]…ν μνῶν δ δραχμαὶ γ […] Μενέστρατος […]ου… μναῖ μ […]η τετρώβολον …[…] ἀνήλωμα[…] καλῶς ἂν οὖν ποιήσαις, εἰ σοὶ δοκεῖ, συντάξας ταῦτα δοθῆναι ἡμῖν ἵνα ἀποδῶμεν ταῖς γυναιξίν ?. [2] [… ? lines lost …] ταῦτα […]ουσιν[…] ἑκάστηι ἀνὰ μνᾶν α … γίνονται ὃ κατεργάζονται διʼ αὐτῶν ἀνθέων μναῖ γ καὶ ἄλλαι γ μναῖ διὰ μισθωτριῶν ἔχω δὲ καὶ παρὰ Καλλίππου ἐρίων ῥυπαρῶν τάλαντον α, τούτου ἀπουσία μναῖ ιε, λοιπὸν καθαροῦ μναῖ με. ἀπὸ τούτων ἔχει Σῶσος ἀμφίταπον α οὗ ὁλκὴ μναῖ λ. εἰ οὖν σοὶ δοκεῖ, σύνταξον Καλλίππωι προσδοῦναι ἡμῖν ἔρια ἵνα ἔχωμεν ἐργάζεσθαι καὶ μὴ ἀργώμεθα.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[Column 1] […] […] … of bronze 20 drachmas 4 obols […] expenditure […] of this, clean […] … Sosos has […] 30 minas of the […] 8 drachmas […] […] […] to the (women) additionally measured out […] to the women […] of flowers 3 minas […] … and of the bundle […] … 2 … […] of wool 8 minas […] … at 2 obols, total 4 drachmas […] … soda […] of 4 minas 3 drachmas […] Menestratos […] 40 minas […] 4 obols … […] expenditure […] So please, if you think fit, give orders for this to be given to us so that we may pay the women. [Column 2] […] these […] to each 1 mina … total, which they work up by themselves, of flowers 3 minas, and another 3 minas through hired women. I have also received from Kallippos of dirty wool 1 talent; of this, loss 15 minas, remainder of clean 45 minas. From this Sosos has 1 double-sided rug weighing 30 minas. So if you think fit, order Kallippos to give us additional wool so that we may have work and not be idle.

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Found at Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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