Fragment of trading account
A fragment of an account dealing with trade in Phoenicia and Palestine.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1300
Fragment of a trading account for business in Sidon and Syria TM 1300Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)263 - 256 B.C.
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Fragment of an account from the Zenon archive recording sums received in connection with trade in Phoenicia and Syria, including entries at Sidon, a payment for a boat, and receipts from Pyrrhias and Ariston. It totals 221 drachmas 2 obols in silver and 5 drachmas 3 obols in copper.
In English machine translation
[…]
in Sidon […]
on the keles (light boat), … drachmas
and from Pyrrhias, in copper, … drachmas
and price of salousia (?) …
[…]
from Ariston in Syria, 50 drachmas
Total: in silver, 221 drachmas 2 obols;
in copper, 5 drachmas 3 obols
A keles was a light, fast boat. The meaning of salousia is uncertain; the word is otherwise poorly attested.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of trading 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.cair.zen.4.59672
[… ? lines lost …] ἐν Σιδῶνι σοσ…πετρ[…] ἐπὶ τοῦ κέλητος δραχμαὶ … καὶ παρὰ Πυρρίου χαλκοῦ δραχμαὶ … καὶ σαλουσίων τιμὴ … [… ? lines lost …] παρʼ Ἀρίστωνος ἐν Συρίαι δραχμαὶ ν γίνονται ἀργυρίου δραχμαὶ σκα διώβολον χαλκοῦ δραχμαὶ ε τριώβολον