List of corn allowances
A list of corn allowances to household employees of Apollonios.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1304
List of daily grain rations for household attendants TM 1304Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)258 - 256 B.C.
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A list of daily grain rations issued to fourteen attendants of a household, most receiving 1 1/2 choinikes and two receiving 2. It belongs to the Zenon archive and, according to the catalogue, concerns household staff of Apollonios, probably at Philadelphia in the Fayum, about 258-256 BC.
In English machine translation
The grain consumed each day by the slaves (bodies) of the household who attend (on the master) is:
to Peisikles 1 1/2 choinikes
to Bannaios 1 1/2 choinikes
to Olympichos 1 1/2 choinikes
to Agron 2 choinikes
to Menippos 1 1/2 choinikes
to Nikanor 1 1/2 choinikes
to Mikion 1 1/2 choinikes
to Glaukias 1 1/2 choinikes
to Akamas 1 1/2 choinikes
to Nikasias 1 1/2 choinikes
to Charmos 1 1/2 choinikes
to Xenon 2 choinikes
to Adrastos 1 1/2 choinikes
to Leptines 1 1/2 choinikes
The phrase rendered 'slaves (bodies) of the household who attend' (somata akolouthika) means personal attendants or servants who accompanied their master. A choinix was a dry measure of roughly one litre, about a day's ration of grain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of corn allowances). 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.4.59676
ἔστιν ὁ ἀνηλισκόμενος σῖτος καθʼ ἡμέραν τοῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκίαν σώμασιν ἀκολουθικοῖς Πεισικλεῖ χοίνιξ α 𐅵 Βανναίωι χοίνιξ α 𐅵 Ὀλυμπίχωι χοίνιξ α 𐅵 Ἄγρωνι χοίνικες β Μενίππωι χοίνιξ α 𐅵 Νικάνορι χοίνιξ α 𐅵 Μικίωνι χοίνιξ α 𐅵 Γλαυκίαι χοίνιξ α 𐅵 Ἀκάμαντι χοίνιξ α 𐅵 Νικασίαι χοίνιξ α 𐅵…