Fragment of boat account
An account of general expenditure in connection with a boat, including repairs, purchase of new gear, wages of the crew and of other labourers, provision of receptacles for the freight and toll duties.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1379
Account of expenses for a boat, with a list of months TM 1379Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 3 records across 3 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of an account of expenses connected with a boat, listing payments for repairs and gear, wages for sailors, a helmsman and other workers, jars for the cargo, and taxes on honey and wax. A second column lists the twelve Egyptian months. It comes from Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid 3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
[1]
[…]
to the sail-menders 5 drachmas 2 obols
nails 2 obols
to the sawyers 4 1/2 obols
forestay straps 2 drachmas 4 obols
to the carpenter 3 obols
254 jars 62 drachmas
transport charges 2 drachmas 3 obols
to the stevedore 3 obols
yard (of the sail) 8 drachmas
tax on honey
to the sailors 7 drachmas 3 obols
to another 7 drachmas 3 obols
to the helmsman 8 drachmas
tax on wax 16 drachmas
to the shepherd 1 drachma
baskets for the wax 1 1/2 obols
[…]
[2]
Thoth
Phaophi
Hathyr
Choiak
Tybi
Mecheir
Phamenoth
Pharmouthi
Pachons
Pauni
Epeiph
Mesore
Part of the Zenon archive. The second column simply lists the month names, perhaps as headings for a planned account.
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 boat 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.4.59754
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