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Fragment of an account of barley issued from the estate stores at Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid 3rd century BC, from the archive of Zenon. It records daily rations, barley used for a poultice and for gruel, and feed for a Sicilian pig over the months Epeiph, Mesore and Thoth.
Probably part of the same account as P.Cair.Zen. IV 59710, which records barley for pigs, donkeys, horses, dogs and pigeons; the Sicilian pigs were a prized imported breed. 'Ptisane' is barley gruel or barley water.
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 barley). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
An account of barley given out for the feeding of pigs, donkeys, horses, dogs and pigeons, the measure employed being the an�l�tikon, in which the artab contained forty choinikes. Two of the pigs were Sicilian; this was a famous breed in antiquity, and no doubt the presence of t…
An account of barley. Probably part of the same document as PCZ.IV.59710, though the two pieces do not fit together.
[1] […] κριθῆς ἀνήλωται διʼ ἐμοῦ Μεσορὴ ἀπὸ ϛ ἱερείοις τῶι Σικελικῶι κριθῆς χοίνικες δ χοιριδίοις χοίνικες β καὶ ταῖς τετοκυίαις β χοίνικες β γίνεται τὴν ἡμέραν κριθῆς χοίνικες η ἕως δὲ ι ἡμερῶν ε ἀρτάβη α καὶ τῆι ια προσγενομένου τοῦ ἀγοραστοῦ χοίνικες γ γίνεται δ χοῖνιξ α ἀπὸ δ…
[… ? lines lost …] […] χοίνικες ι […]…σμένοις […]… ζ ἀπὸ κζ τοῦ Ἐπεὶφ ἕως ε τοῦ Μεσορὴ ἡμερῶν θ χοίνικες θ εἰς κατάπλασμα χοίνικες δ εἰς πτισάνην χοίνικες ε […] ε τοῦ Μεσορὴ […]…ων ἀρτάβαι θ χοίνικες … λοιπὸν […] ἀρτάβαι ι 𐅵 δ χοίνικες ζ ὧν εἰς πτισάνην α δ λοιπὸν κριθῆς ἀρτάβαι …
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