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An account for the transport by pack animals of 1,044 jars (of wine), with payment at 1 drachma per 8 jars, totalling 130 drachmas 3 obols. After 90 drachmas received from Kallon and a deduction for 2 broken jars refunded to Demetrios, 31 drachmas 5 obols remain due. It comes from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia, mid 3rd century BC.
The figures are consistent: 1,044 jars at 8 jars per drachma give 130 1/2 drachmas. The term 'agē' means breakage, here the value of broken jars charged against the carrier.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account concerning transport of wine). 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 concerning the transport of wine. The jars were carried by donkey, and the carrier received a drachma for each eight jars. But as two jars were broken, the price of the wine, amounting to 8 drachmae, 4 obols, was deducted from his wages.
μισθὸς ὑποζυγίων ἐν Δημητρίωι Ἡραγόρου κεραμίων Αμδ δραχμαὶ ρλ τριώβολον ὧν ἔχω παρὰ Κάλλωνος χαλκοῦ δραχμὰς ϙ λοιπαὶ δραχμαὶ μ τριώβολον ὧν ὑπόλογος ἀγῆς, ὃ ἀπεδόθη Δημητρίωι, κεραμίων β χαλκοῦ η τετρώβολον λοιπαὶ λα πεντώβολον
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