Fragment of account
A fragment of an account, perhaps of labourers' wages.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1375
Fragment of an account of small payments, perhaps wages TM 1375Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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A fragmentary account listing small sums in obols and drachmas against personal names such as Antilochos, Labois, Hippias, Onnophris and Komoapis, with totals, a deduction and a note of a payment by Hippias to Pyron. It probably comes from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid 3rd century BC, and may record labourers' wages.
In English machine translation
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[…] (traces)
Of Antilochos, bronze […]
Of Labois, 2, 1 obol
Of Hippias, 7, 3 1/2 obols
He said not […]
Of Onnophris, 12, 1 drachma
Of Komoapis, 12, 1 drachma
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Total, the deduction: 4, 2 1/2 obols
Total: 5, 1 1/4 obols
Hippias says he has given to Pyron 4 1/2 1/4 obols; remainder 4, 2 1/2 obols, of which
to Horos 2 1/2 obols
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The numbers before the money amounts (2, 7, 12) may be days worked or units, so the wage interpretation is only a suggestion. The provenance at Philadelphia is likely but not certain.
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 an 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.4.59750
[… ? lines lost …] λ……… Ἀντιλόχου χαλκ … Λαβώιτος β ὀβολὸς Ἱππίου ζ ὀβολοὶ γ 𐅵 οὐκ ἔφη[…] Ὀννώφριος ιβ δραχμὴ α Κομοάπιος ιβ δραχμὴ α [… 3 lines lost …] γίνονται ὁ ὑπόλογος δ ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵 γίνονται ε ὀβολὸς α δ Ἱππίας φησὶν Πύρωνι δεδωκέναι ὀβολοὺς δ 𐅵 δ λοιπὸν δ ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵 ὧν Ὥρωι …