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o.berenike.2.210 A.D. 50 - 75

Account via APIS-papyrus

Daily account of food purchases. A short daily expense account on an ostracon listing small purchases of vegetables, salted fish and bread, each costing a few obols, entered by day of the month. It was found at the Red Sea port of Berenike and dates to about AD 50-75. machine translation

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  • Account APIS-papyrus This document was discovered in a A.D. 50 - 75

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

λόγος κβ δέσμης κράμβης σελίνων δέσμης ὀβολός κγ ταρίχου […]… ταρίχου διώβολον εἰσόδια τριώβολον κράμβης τετρώβολον ἄρτων διώβολον κϛ ταρίχου διώβολον κε ἄρτων διώβολον κζ ταρίχου διώβολον ἀρταβ… διώβολον

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Account: 22nd, bundle of cabbage, bundle of celery, 1 obol 23rd, salted fish […] salted fish, 2 obols entrance fees (?), 3 obols cabbage, 4 obols bread, 2 obols 26th, salted fish, 2 obols 25th, bread, 2 obols 27th, salted fish, 2 obols artaba(?) […], 2 obols

Connections

Found at This Document Was Discovered In A Trench North Of The Serapis Temple At Berenike

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