Fragment of wine account
A fragment of a wine account.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1313
Fragment of a wine account with daily rations TM 1313Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)26th November, 257 B.C.
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A fragment of an account of wine issued in small measures, recording amounts given for a purge, to Kriton, Metrodoros and Ptolemaios. The marginal note records a daily ration of 3 kotylai. It comes from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the Fayum, dated 257 BC.
In English machine translation
[…]
and for a purge (syrmaia) […]
and for Kriton for […]
Total for the same: 1 choinix, […] kotylai
Dios 1: likewise […]
24: Metrodoros, for registering (?) […]
[margin]
[…]
[…] to Ptolemaios
was given
per day
3 kotylai
which makes for 4 days 1 choinix
Syrmaia was a purgative treatment, here apparently using wine. The choinix and kotyle are small liquid measures; 3 kotylai a day for 4 days gives 12 kotylai, equal to 1 choinix.
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 wine 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.4.59685
[ctr] [… ? lines lost …] καὶ ὥστε εἰς συρμαίαν […] καὶ ὥστε Κρίτωνι εἰς μ[…] γίνεται εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ χοίνιξ α κοτυλ […] Δίου α ὡσαύτως […] κδ Μητρόδωρος ὥστε ἀναγραψ[…] [ms] [… ? lines lost …] […]Πτολεμαίωι ἐδίδοτο τὴν ἡμέραν κοτύλαι γ ὃ γίνεται ἡμερῶν δ χοίνιξ α