Fragment of account of household wheat
A fragment of an account of household wheat.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1336
Fragment of account of household wheat rations TM 1336Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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Fragment of a daily household account recording rations of whole-meal and refined wheat issued on successive days (27th to 29th of a month), with adjustments for individuals added or departed and for guests present at lunch and dinner. It belongs to the Zenon archive, mid 3rd century BC, probably from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
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[…] … 1 artaba 8 choinikes
and […]
of Syra (?) […]
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[…] of whole-meal wheat 9 choinikes, total 1/2 artaba
of pure (wheat) 1/2 1/4 artaba 1/2 choinix
[27th] of whole-meal wheat, deducting
for Kyon 1 1/2 choinikes, for Syra because she has departed 1 choinix, total 2 1/2 choinikes, remaining […]
[28th] ration, adding for Demetrios son of Demetrios and Krotos 1/2 choinix and for Demetrios the man from Nikaios 1 choinix, total ration 1/2 artaba 3 choinikes
of pure (wheat) at lunch, Achaios being present, 3 choinikes, and at dinner, Hegesion being present, 3 choinikes, total 6 choinikes; to the slaves of Achaios at lunch and at dinner 4 choinikes
29th ration of whole-meal wheat, adding for Kyon 1 1/2 choinikes, total 1/2 (artaba) 4 1/2 choinikes
of pure (wheat), Hegesion being present, of Archagathos (?) 3 choinikes
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Autopyros denotes whole-meal wheat (bread flour with bran), contrasted with katharos, refined wheat; the tage is a fixed daily ration. One artaba here comprises many choinikes, so fractions mix both units.
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 household wheat). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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