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A fragmentary account of payments for teams of oxen ploughing in a vineyard on sandy land, listed by day at one obol per team. It comes from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, mid-3rd century BC.
The leading numerals are taken as day numbers; the rate works out to one obol per ploughing team. 'Hyphammos' denotes land with a sandy subsoil or sand-covered land.
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 Lohn für Pflügen in einem Weingarten). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] [… ? lines lost …] [… 1 line lost …] γ εἰς ἄλλα ε τὰ ἀροτριῶντα ἐν τῶι ἀμπελῶνι τῶι ἐν τῆι ὑφάμμωι πεντώβολον δ ζεύγεσιν ε τὰ ἀροτριῶντα ἐν τῶι ἀμπελῶνι τῶι ἐν τῆι ὑφάμμωι πεντώβολον ϛ ζεύγεσιν ζ τοῖς ἀροτριῶσι ἐν τῶι ἀμπελῶνι τῶι ἐν τῆι ὑφάμμωι …[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] [……
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