Account of painting materials
An account of painting materials, used by Theopolis; the items show that on this occasion he had been painting in the encaustic style.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1392
Account of painting materials from Theophilos the painter TM 1392Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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A fragmentary account of painting materials, among them Sinopic red ochre, black pigment, glue and wax from Bousiris, with prices and a total of 37 drachmas 2 obols. The docket names Theophilos the painter as its source; it comes from Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid-3rd century BC, and belongs to the Zenon archive.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[...]
[...]lo[...]
Sinopic red ochre, 2 kraters [...]
black [...]
glue, 5 minas at [...]
wax, 6 minas, from Bousiris, at 1 drachma 4 obols, total [10 drachmas]
Total 37 drachmas 2 obols
and for the labour (?) of each [...]
and of the [...]
[verso]
[Year ...] Phamenoth 28.
From Theophilos the painter.
The wax among the materials suggests encaustic painting. One museum description gives the painter's name as Theopolis, but the text reads Theophilos.'
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 painting materials). 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.4.59767
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