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[… ? lines lost …] […] ε δ […] α 𐅵 […] α […] α 𐅵 […] ιζ […]ν εἰς τὸν […] τριακονταχοινίκωι […] κροτῶνος τ…[…] […] τοε […] υϙ […] σν […]… ωμε […] χξγ … […] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 110106
Fragment of an account of castor seed TM 110106Philadelphia (Arsinoites)252 - 251 v.Chr. (?)
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A small fragment of an account concerning castor (kroton), with a column of figures and a reference to measuring by the 30-choinix measure. It comes from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, around 252-251 BC.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] 5 4
[…] 1 1/2
[…] 1
[…] 1 1/2
[…] 17
[…] into the
[…] (by the) 30-choinix (measure)
[…] of castor (?) […]
[…] 375
[…] 490
[…] 250
[…] 845
[…] 663 […]
[…]
Kroton is the castor-oil plant, grown for its oil seed. The numerals are read from Greek letter-numbers and the units for most lines are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Abrechnung über Rizinus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.