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Account of cotton by the pound from named individuals TM 131092Trimithis (Oasis Magna)

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An ostracon account from Trimithis in the Great Oasis listing quantities in pounds credited to individual persons, with subtotals for each side and a grand total. It is identified as an account of cotton.

In English machine translation

[convex side] Petenephotes the elder, 26 1/2 1/3 pounds (?) Psais son of Psais, 11 1/2 1/15 pounds Ammonios son of Horos, 12 1/60 pounds Psais son of Horos, 1 2/3 1/5 pounds Ar[…], 1 1/2 1/3 pounds Total 53 1/2 1/3 [1/4 1/30] pounds [concave side] Petenephotes son of Ammonios, 1 1/2 1/3 pounds […]ym son of Ammonios, 1 1/3 1/10 pounds Pete[…] and Polybios, 3 1/5 1/30 pounds Isidora daughter of Leo, 5 1/30 pounds Total 6 2/3 1/15 pounds Grand total 60 1/2 1/15 pounds

The abbreviation 'lith' is taken as litra (Roman pound); the fractions are read from the edition's symbols and some are uncertain. Not all totals agree exactly with the individual entries as transcribed.

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 cotton). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

o.trim.1.44

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Trimithis (Oasis Magna)

[side convex] Πετενεφώτης πρεσβύτερος λιθ κϛ 𐅵 γ Ψάις Ψάιτος λιθ ια 𐅵 ιε Ἀμμώνιος Ὥρου λιθ ιβ ξ Ψάις Ὥρου λιθ α 𐅷 ε Αρ… λιθ α 𐅵 γ γίνονται λιθ νγ 𐅵 γ δ λ [side concave] Πετενεφώτης Ἀμμωνίου λιθ α 𐅵 γ …υμ Ἀμμωνίου λιθ α γ ι Πετε… καὶ Πολύβιος λιθ γ ε λ Ἰσιδώρα Λεω λιθ ε λ γίνονται…