Account of wages to workers and list of trees TM 110103Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

Fragment of an account from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome recording wage payments to a group of workers, each receiving 2 drachmas 3 obols, and a payment to an assistant. It then lists numbers of trees, including olives, apples, pomegranates, pears, myrtles and figs, probably planted on an estate.

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The text belongs to the Zenon archive, so it probably dates to the mid-3rd century BC, though no date is recorded. The Macedonian month Apellaios is given alongside an Egyptian equivalent; the olive tree figure (Αρν) is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Liste über Löhne und (gepflanzte?) Bäume). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.