Account of daily expenses
An account of daily expenses.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1331
Account of daily household expenses for Zenon TM 1331Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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A day-by-day account of small household expenses for the 12th to 16th of Hathyr, from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid 3rd century BC. It records money received from Karpos and Epikrates and spending on vegetables, wine, castor oil, firewood, bath fees for Zenon and payments to Spinther, Apollonios and Philoxenos.
In English machine translation
[1]
Hathyr
12. I have received from Karpos 4 drachmas.
To the bath-attendant, for Zenon, 1/2 obol
radishes 1/2 obol
castor oil 1/4 obol
firewood 1/4 obol
Total 1 1/2 obols
13. hyssop 1/4 obol
firewood 1/4 obol
cabbage 1/4 obol
to the bath-attendant, for Zenon, 1/4 obol
to Spinther 3 obols
wine 4 obols
castor oil 1/4 obol
Total 1 drachma 2 1/4 obols
14. to Spinther for relish 2 obols
castor oil 1/4 obol
Cimolian earth 1/4 obol
wine 3 obols
chickling peas 1 obol
Total 1 drachma 1/2 obol
15. to Apollonios:
radishes 1/4 obol
cabbage 1/4 obol
hot water 1 chalkous
to the bath-attendant 1/4 obol
to Spinther 4 1/2 obols
to the bath-attendant, for Zenon, 1/4 obol
castor oil 1/4 obol
wine 3 obols
Total 1 drachma 3 obols 1 chalkous
Grand total 4 (drachmas) 1 1/4 obols 1 chalkous
16. I have received from Epikrates 20 drachmas of copper.
[2]
To Philoxenos 5 drachmas
excess expenditure 1 obol 3 chalkoi
bread for Zenon 1/2 obol
Castor oil (kiki) was used mainly as lamp oil; Cimolian earth was a fuller's clay used for washing. The 1/4-obol entries render the editors' reading of a quarter-obol sign.
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 daily expenses). 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.4.59704
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