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Account of olyra and wheat lent as seed TM 1342Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)About 252 - 251 B.C.

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Fragment of a grain account from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the Fayum, about 252-251 BC, listing quantities of olyra and wheat lent to various individuals (police officers, a donkey-driver, a goose-herd and others), presumably as seed. Repayment is due either in money or in kind at 150 percent, with totals at the end.

In English machine translation

[1] [… lines lost …] […] …, of which he will pay the price […] 10 (artabas) of olyra […]…, likewise, 50 of olyra […] through Onnophris, likewise, 75 of olyra […] to the sifter, through […]reios, 75 of olyra […] 1 of wheat […] half as much again, 50 of wheat […] 20 of olyra […] 20 of olyra […] 100 of olyra […] 3 of wheat […]… through [… lines lost …] [2] Teu[…]… the brother, likewise, 20 of olyra To Dikaios, holder of 20 arouras, through Lysippos, likewise, 10 of olyra To Alketas, chief of police, likewise, 20 of olyra To Pioilos, donkey-driver, of which he will repay either the price or the whole quantity, 12 of olyra To Perites son of Adymos, through Galestes the policeman, of which (he will repay) the price or half as much again, 16 of olyra To Petesis son of Eriamounis, goose-herd, […]…[…]mios, 24 of olyra Ar[…]…la [… 2 lines lost …] [3] [… lines lost …] Total of what was lent in the […] […] at half as much again […] of ochros (vetch) […] of radish 1/2 of beet 1/2 […] 99 […] 3 [of which either the pri]ce or half as much again […] 489 … [… of ol]yra 790 1/2 and in the previous (account) has been given 789 […] 62 1/2 (?) and in the previous (account) has been given 632 1/2 […] 193 […] 1/2, 6 choinikes […] 136

Olyra is a husked grain, usually taken as emmer wheat; 'half as much again' (hemiolion) means repayment at 150 percent. Units are presumably artabas.

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 corn 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.

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Fragment of corn account

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE51681 · About 252 - 251 B.C. · Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

A fragment of a corn account. The entries, some of which are checked by slanting strokes and others by two cross strokes in the right margin, state the quantities of olyra and other grain that have been lent to certain persons, presumably for seed. The loan is in some cases rep…

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p.cair.zen.4.59715

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

[1] [… ? lines lost …] […]…ηι, οὗ τὴν τιμὴν δώσει […] ὀλυρῶν ι […]…ου ὡσαύτως ὀλυρῶν ν […]διὰ Ὀννώφριος ὡσαύτως ὀλυρῶν οε […] κοσκινευτῆι διὰ […]ρειου ὀλυρῶν οε […] πυρῶν α […] ἡμιόλιον πυρῶν ν […] ὀλυρῶν κ […] ὀλυρῶν κ […] ὀλυρῶν ρ […] πυρῶν γ […]…ι διὰ [… ? lines lost …] [2] Τε…