One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 121984
Private account of wheat quantities from named individuals TM 121984From: unknownEarly II CE
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A private account listing quantities, apparently of wheat, measured in artabas and choinikes, credited to individuals including several with Jewish names (Iakobos, Ionas, Isakios, Iosepios). It dates from the early 2nd century AD in the Oxyrhynchite nome.
In English machine translation
Tr(...)
Of Iakoubos, the same, 1 (artaba), […] choinikes
Of another Iakobos, sigk(...) 1/2 1/8 (?)
Of another, the same, 4 (artabas), 9 choinikes
Samba(s), the same, 1
Of Ionas, of hay (?) 11 1/2, 6 choinikes
ath(...) … 7 choinikes, others 2, 6 choinikes, total 2 1/2 (?) artabas, 3 choinikes
Isakios, sigk(...) 1 1/2
… Iosepios, sigk(...) 3 1/2 (?), 8 choinikes
The same village, 4 1/2 (?)
Of hay (?) 11 1/4
The same village, ⟦…⟧ 1/2 (?), 4 choinikes
Of Bokchoris, the same, 2 1/4
Ekono, Demok(...), Iosepios, of hay (?) 1 1/8 (?)
Iosepios, sigk(...) 1 1/4, 1 choinix
Tr(...), the same, 4 1/4, 3 choinikes
sigk(...) 1 1/2, 7 choinikes
Of Ptollas son of Iakobos, the same, 1 1/2
Of Ptollas, the same, 5 1/2, 6 choinikes
Of Ptollas, the same, 2, 4 choinikes
Of Ptollas, the same, 3 1/4, 6 choinikes
Of Bokchoris, the same, 1, 7 choinikes
Of Dosas, po(...) 7 1/2, 7 choinikes
I…[…] ath(...) 6
Kla(...) po… the same, 4 1/2
Total of wheat […] artabas …4 1/2, choinikes
Several abbreviations (Tr, sigk, ath, po) are unresolved, and the fraction sign rendered 1/2 1/8 here is uncertain in value; the expansion of χ( ) as both choinikes and hay (chortos) is the edition's. The concentration of Jewish names is notable for this period just before the revolt of 115-117.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private Account). 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.nyu.2.52
Τρ Ἰακούβου ἡ αὐτὴ α χοίνικες […] ἄλλου Ἰακώβου σιγκ 𐅸 η ἑτέρου ἡ αὐτὴ δ χοίνικες θ Σαμβα ἡ αὐτὴ α Ἰωνᾶτος χόρτου ια 𐅵 χοίνικες ϛ ἀθ … χοίνικες ζ, ἄλλαι β χοίνικες ϛ, γίνεται ἀρτάβας β 𐅸 χοίνικες γ Ἰσάκιος σιγκ α 𐅵 … Ἰωσήπιος σιγκ γ 𐅸 χοίνικες η ἡ αὐτὴ κώμη δ 𐅸 χόρτου ια δ ἡ αὐτὴ…