Fragment of account of hay
A fragment of an account of hay.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1346
Account of hay issued for a calf and wages for pulling chickpeas TM 1346Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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Fragment of an account recording issues of hay in bundles, including a ration of 2 bundles a day for 17 days to the cowherd Herieus for a calf in the month Pharmouthi. The back records a wage of 2 drachmas 3 obols paid to Chales for 15 days of pulling chickpeas on the kleros (allotment) of Arobbas. From Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid 3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
[recto, column 1]
[…]
[…] of hay, 50 bundles
[…] 30
[…] 59
[…] 60
[…] …
[…]
[recto, column 2]
and to Herieus the cowherd for 1 calf, from Pharmouthi 14 to 30, 17 days,
at 2 bundles a day, total 34
[…] from Pha[…] 1 to 30
[…]
[verso]
To Chales who is pulling the chickpeas in the kleros of Arobbas,
for Pharmouthi, the last ⟦15th day⟧ 30th
in Pharmouthi, 2 drachmas 3 obols
for 15 days for pulling
in the kleros of Ar[obbas]
[…]
A kleros was a plot of land allotted to a soldier-settler, here named after its holder Arobbas. The text belongs to the Zenon archive.
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 hay). 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.4.59719
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