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Account of wool TM 110118Philadelphia (Arsinoites)Mitte III v.Chr.

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A fragmentary account of wool, listing quantities of natural-coloured and white wool by weight in talents and minas. It belongs to the Zenon archive and dates to the mid-3rd century BC at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

7 […] … 15 8 1/2 1/4 (?) … … 15 natural-coloured (wool) 4 white 1, 12 1/2 minas 52 2/3 2 1/2, 1 talent 4 1/2 1/4 minas … minas […] minas […] from which [he/I] collected […] […]

"Autochrous" refers to wool of its natural, undyed colour, contrasted here with white wool. Many figures are of uncertain reading and the end of the account is 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 Wolle). 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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