Duplicate receipt
A duplicate receipt.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1185
Duplicate receipt for wood-cutting and burning-off on 2 arouras TM 1185Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)2nd January, 256 B.C.
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A receipt written out twice, recording that Paseis son of Paous received payment for cutting wood and burning off scrub on 2 arouras of land at a rate per aroura. It dates to 2 January 256 BC at Philadelphia in the Fayum, from the Zenon archive.
In English machine translation
Year 29, month of Hathyr 9.
Paseis son of Paous has received for wood-cutting and burning-off of 2 arouras at […]
[…]
Year 29, month of Hathyr 9.
Paseis son of Paous has received for wood-cutting and burning-off of 2 arouras at […], total …
Wood-cutting and burning were land-clearing work to prepare scrubland for cultivation. The rate per aroura and the total 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 Duplicate receipt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.zen.4.59550
ἔτους κθ, μηνὸς Ἁθὺρ θ. ἔχει Πάσεις Παοῦτος εἰς ξυλοκοπίαν καὶ ἐμπυρισμὸν ἀρουρῶν β ἀνὰ […] ἔτουςκθ, μηνὸς Ἁθὺρ θ. ἔχει Πάσεις Παοῦτος εἰς ξυλοκοπίαν καὶ ἐμπυρισμὸν ἀρουρῶν β ἀνὰ […] γίνονται …