One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 110113

Fragment of an account of wheat, including Syrian wheat and seed TM 110113Philadelphia (Arsinoites)Mitte III v.Chr.

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A small fragment of an account of grain from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid-3rd century BC. It mentions wheat, including Syrian wheat, grain measured out, and wheat for seed.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] […] […]tou […] […] 20 (?) […] […] power (?) […] […] of wheat, of which […] […]eis […] […]osan […] […]e […] […] 22 […] […] to […]on, measuring out grain (?) […] […] of Syrian wheat […] […] for seed […] [verso] […] […] of wheat […] […] of wheat […]

Syrian wheat was a variety introduced to Egypt under the early Ptolemies and is often mentioned in the Zenon papers. The Greek letters kappa and kappa-beta may be numerals (20 and 22).

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 Getreide). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mitte III v.Chr. · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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