Fragment of agricultural account
A fragment of an agricultural account.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1356
Fragment of an agricultural account for field labour TM 1356Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)256 - 248 B.C.
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Fragment of an agricultural account from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the Fayum, listing payments for field labour. Entries cover workmen clearing land ahead of the ploughmen, work in a dyke enclosure, a smith cleaning tools, and boys hired for weeding.
In English machine translation
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[...] our [...]
To Labos for 60 (?) workmen who clear in advance for those ploughing the [...]-bearing (land), at 1/2 obol 1/4 obol each, total 7 drachmas 3 obols (?)
To Pherenouthis for [...] the things in the 3rd dyke-enclosure to the north [...]
To the smith who cleans the tools, 2 obols
To Kerkion for 20 boys who weed the [...]
[...]
The number of workmen (60) is restored, and the total is uncertain; the Greek 'periochoma' is an area enclosed by dykes. The 'tools' (hopla) are probably farm implements rather than weapons.
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 agricultural 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.
p.cair.zen.4.59729
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