Fragment of a brick account for donkey-drivers and brick-carriers TM 1383Philadelphia (Arsinoites)254 BCE – 250 BCE

Fragment of an account of bricks from Philadelphia in the Fayum, about 254-250 BC. One side records 12,760 bricks transported by donkey-drivers under Psenmythes for the palace up to 20 Pachon; the other lists work done by brick-carriers named Nechthenibis, Teos the Theban and Sannos.

In English machine translation

The figures presumably count bricks; the 'palace' (basileia) was a royal building at or near Philadelphia. The account was probably drawn up by Petosiris.

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 a Brick 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.