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Account of freight income and expenses for the boat of Menas TM 128719unbekanntVI (?)

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An account of income and expenses for the boat of the sailor Menas, listing freight charges for trips downstream and upstream and wine transport, against outlays for equipment, provisions and four months of crew wages. It ends with a balance owed to Menas. Probably 6th century AD.

In English machine translation

† Receipts from freight charges of the boat of Menas, sailor, as follows: For freight charges of the boat sailing downstream, 4 solidi 3 carats, full weight For freight charges of the same sailing upstream, 16 carats For wine, 55 small jars and 10 large, 2 solidi less 3 carats Total 6 solidi 16 carats, full weight Of which was given: For cushions (?) of the cabin cover (?), 35 carats For […] iron […] of the boat, 12 1/2 carats For an anchor of the light boat (?), 2 carats For expenses of the boat, 7 carats For provisions of the sailors, 19 carats For their wages for Thoth, Phaophi, Hathyr, Choiak, 4 months, 70 carats Total 145 1/2 carats; remainder 14 1/2 carats And the same Menas received 4 solidi less 20 carats Of which, from which, for […] up to the 29th, 48 3/4 carats Remainder owed to Menas 27 1/4 carats

Sums are in gold solidi and carats (24 carats to a solidus); 'full weight' marks coins of standard weight. The meanings of 'tylaria', 'koukoul' and 'sipharos' as boat equipment are uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Expenses). 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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p.jena.2.38

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VI (?)

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