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A short account of the cost of ox teams used on an 88-aroura olive grove, at four teams per aroura. It totals 352 teams at ten per stater (140 drachmas 5 obols) plus the drivers' wages of 4 obols per aroura (58 drachmas 4 obols). It comes from the Zenon archive, probably at Philadelphia in the Fayum, in the mid 3rd century BC.
A 'team' (zeugos) here is a pair of yoked oxen. The catalogue suggests they were not ploughing but hauling material in carts, probably manure. The figure 352 is restored, and it fits 88 arouras times 4.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of yokes of oxen). 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 yokes and oxen, required for an olive grove, four of them being given to each aroura. It is evident from the language that they were not used for ploughing, but for conveying some material in carts, probably manure.
λόγος ζευγῶν τῶν εἰς τὸν ἐλαιῶνα ἀνηλωμένων εἰς ἀρούρας πη, ἑκάστηι ζεύγη δ γίνονται ζεύγη τνβ εἰς δέκα τοῦ στατῆρος γίνονται δραχμαὶ ρμ πεντώβολον ζευγηλάταις δὲ μισθὸς ἀνὰ τετρώβολον τῆι ἀρούραι γίνονται ταῖς πη ἀρούραις δραχμαὶ νη τετρώβολον
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