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p.lond.7.2140 Mitte III v.Chr.
Daily household expense account including purchases for the Nekysia. A daily household expense account listing small purchases of food, firewood and other items over the last days of a month, with running totals and remainders. It includes costs for flour bought for the Nekysia, a festival of the dead, and water for the theatre. It dates to the mid-3rd century BC, probably from the Zenon archive. machine translation
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ξύλα χαλκοῖ 2 πίσος χαλκοῦς 1 ὀπὸς χαλκοῦς 1 γίνεται δραχμὴ 1 ὀβολὸς λοιπὸν δραχμαὶ 2 ὀβολοὶ ε 𐅵 χαλκοῖ 2
κγ ξύλα χαλκοῖ 2 φακὸς χαλκοῦς 1 κίκι ἡμιωβέλιον ὕδωρ
ὥστε εἰς τὸ θέατρον ἡμιωβέλιον ἄρτοι ἡμιωβέλιον
ὠιὰ χαλκοῖ 2 χαλκοῦς 1 ἐγκέφαλος καὶ πόδες ἡμιωβέλιον
κδ […] γίνεται ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵 χαλκοῖ 2 λοιπὸν δραχμαὶ 2 ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵
κε σῦκα ἡμιωβέλιον εἰς σεμίδαλιν δραχμὴ 1 χέννια χαλκοῖ 2
κίκι χαλκοῖ 2 γίνεται δραχμὴ 1 ὀβολὸς λοιπὸν δραχμὴ 1 ἡμιωβέλιον χαλκοῖ 2
κϛ στιβεῖ προσκεφαλαίων ὀβολὸς α 𐅵
αλανωι διώβολον
σῦκα ἡμιωβέλιον
κη ἔλαιον ὀβολὸς χαλκοῖ 2
ὄψον ἡμιωβέλιον χαλκοῦς 1
ὀπὸς χαλκοῦς 1 ξύλα χαλκοῦς 1
ἄρτοι ἡμιωβέλιον χαλκοῖ 2
κθ σῦκα ἡμιωβέλιον
ξύλα χαλκοὶ 2
κζ Θεοφίλωι τῆς τιμῆς τῆς σεμιδάλεως τῆς ἠγορασμένης εἰς τὰ νεκύσια τετρώβολον εἰς ἀρτύματα χαλκοῖ 2
ἔλαιον ἡμιωβέλιον ὄψον ὃ δεῖ πρᾶξαι Δωρίωνα ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵
ὠιὰ ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 μέλι ἡμιωβέλιον οἴνου χοῦς δραχμὴ 1 τριώβολον
Μέλανι διώβολον φακὸς χαλκοῖ 2 ὀπὸς χαλκοῖ 2 ἅλες χαλκοῖ 2
ἀρτύματα χαλκοῦς 1 ξύλα χαλκοῦς 1 σεμιδάλεως χαλκοῖ 2
ἐρέβινθος χαλκοῖ 2 ἄρτοι χαλκοῖ 2 γίνεται δραχμαὶ 2 τετρώβολον
κη ἔλαιον ὀβολὸς χαλκοῖ 2 ὄψον ἡμιωβέλιον χαλκοῖ 2 ὀπὸς χαλκοῦς 1 ξύλα χαλκοῦς 1
ἄρτοι ἡμιωβέλιον χαλκοῖ 2 ἱερεῖον ἄγριον δραχμαὶ ε ἀρτύματα
εἰς ἀλλᾶντας χαλκοῖ 2 γίνεται δραχμαὶ 5 τριώβολον χαλκοῦς 1
κθ ἄρτοι ὀβολὸς χαλκοῖ 2 γίνεται ὀβολὸς χαλκοῖ 2
λ μέλι ἡμιωβέλιον ξύλα χαλκοῦς 1 ἄρτοι ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 χαλκοῖ 2 γίνεται διώβολον χαλκοῖ 2 χαλκοῦς 1
γίνεται δραχμαὶ ιϛ ὀβολοὶ ε 𐅵 χαλκοῖ 2
λοιπαὶ δραχμαὶ γ ὀβολοὶ ε 𐅵Translations (1)
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firewood 2 chalkoi, peas 1 chalkous, silphium juice (?) 1 chalkous, total 1 drachma 1 obol; remainder 2 drachmas 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
23: firewood 2 chalkoi, lentils 1 chalkous, castor oil 1/2 obol, water for the theatre 1/2 obol, loaves 1/2 obol, eggs 2 chalkoi, 1 chalkous, brain and feet 1/2 obol.
24: […] total 2 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi; remainder 2 drachmas 2 1/2 obols.
25: figs 1/2 obol, for fine flour 1 drachma, chennia (small fish) 2 chalkoi, ⟦… 1/2 obol⟧, castor oil 2 chalkoi, total 1 drachma 1 obol; remainder 1 drachma 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi.
26: to the fuller for pillows 1 1/2 obols, to Alanos (?) 2 obols, figs 1/2 obol.
28: olive oil 1 obol 2 chalkoi, relish 1/2 obol 1 chalkous, silphium juice (?) 1 chalkous, firewood 1 chalkous, loaves 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi.
29: figs 1/2 obol, firewood 2 chalkoi.
27: to Theophilos, for the price of the fine flour bought for the Nekysia (festival of the dead) 4 obols, for spices 2 chalkoi, olive oil 1/2 obol, relish, which Dorion must collect, 2 1/2 obols, eggs 1 1/2 obols, honey 1/2 obol, a chous of wine 1 drachma 3 obols, to Melas 2 obols, lentils 2 chalkoi, silphium juice (?) 2 chalkoi, salt 2 chalkoi, spices 1 chalkous, firewood 1 chalkous, fine flour 2 chalkoi, chickpeas 2 chalkoi, loaves 2 chalkoi, total 2 drachmas 4 obols.
28: olive oil 1 obol 2 chalkoi, relish 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi, silphium juice (?) 1 chalkous, firewood 1 chalkous, loaves 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi, a wild sacrificial animal 5 drachmas, spices for sausages 2 chalkoi, total 5 drachmas 3 obols 1 chalkous.
29: loaves 1 obol 2 chalkoi, total 1 obol 2 chalkoi.
30: honey 1/2 obol, firewood 1 chalkous, loaves 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi, total 2 obols 2 chalkoi 1 chalkous.
⟦…⟧
Total 16 drachmas 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
⟦He overspends 8 drachmas 1 obol 1 chalkous⟧
Remaining 3 drachmas 5 1/2 obols.
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- TM-Text 1700 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.lond;7;2140 tier-1
- HGV-Text 1700 tier-1
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