Fragment of corn account
A fragment of an account of corn.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1301
Fragment of a grain account for rations to horses and men TM 1301Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)260 - 258 B.C.
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A fragment of a grain account from the Zenon archive listing rations issued to men from Miltiades, to colts, a pair-horse driver or horse, chariot horses and a certain Artemidoros. It dates to 260-258 BC and comes from Philadelphia in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
To those from Miltiades, 5: 1 artaba […]
To the colt, 4 choinikes
and to the old colt, 3 choinikes
To the pair-horse driver (?), 4 choinikes
To the 4 chariot horses, 1 artaba 8 choinikes
To Artemidoros, 1/2 1/4
[…]
The terms synoristes and harmatitai refer to pair-horses or their driver and to chariot horses; the exact sense is uncertain. The fraction for Artemidoros is probably of an artaba.
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 corn 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.4.59673
τοῖς παρὰ Μιλτιάδου ε ἀρτάβη α […] πώλωι χοίνικες δ καὶ τῶι ἀρχαίωι πώλωι χοίνικες γ συνωριστῆι χοίνικες δ ἁρματίταις δ ἀρτάβη α χοίνικες η Ἀρτεμιδώρωι 𐅵 δ [… ? lines lost …]