One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1315

Fragment of account of papyrus rolls for the accounts and letter-writing offices TM 1315Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)258 - 256 B.C.

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A fragment of an account recording papyrus rolls issued to the accounts office and the letter-writing office, through or to persons named Charmos, Demetrios and Artemon. It belongs to the Zenon archive and concerns the clerical staff of the finance minister Apollonios, around 258-256 BC.

In English machine translation

[…] 9 (?) through the same […] […] through the same […] […] through the same […] […] papyrus rolls for the accounts office and the letter-writing office […] […] through Charmos, papyrus rolls used up for the accounts office from the 8th to the 17th, 60, (value) 35 drachmas […] to Demetrios for the accounts office, 10 rolls, 5 drachmas 5 obols […] to Demetrios, 10 rolls, 5 drachmas 5 obols […] to Artemon for the letter-writing office, 10, 5 drachmas 5 obols […] for the accounts office and for the letter-writing office […]

The catalogue records give Alexandria as a doubtful place of writing, while the object description names Philadelphia, where the Zenon archive was found. At roughly 7 obols per roll, ten rolls cost 5 drachmas 5 obols and sixty rolls 35 drachmas.

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 account of papyrus rolls). 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.4.59687

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 258 - 256 v.Chr. · Alexandria (?)

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