Account of purchase of pigs
An account of the purchase of pigs. These and the other belongings of Dikaios had probably been sold up by the Government.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1394
Account of pigs bought from the confiscated property of Dikaios TM 1394Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)254 - 253 B.C.
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An account of pigs and sacrificial animals bought from the confiscated property of a man named Dikaios, with prices calculated excluding earnest money already paid, totalling 456 drachmas. The back records animals sent on, some rejected as unfit at Krokodilopolis. It belongs to the Zenon archive, Arsinoite nome, 254-253 BC.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[... ? lines lost ...]
[...]... which he bought from the confiscated property (?) of Dikaios, apart from the earnest money which he gave, at 10 drachmas, 28 drachmas;
other sacrificial animals (?), 20, price 4... drachmas;
... 100 young pigs of uniform size, which he bought from the confiscated property of Dikaios, price apart from the earnest money which he gave, at 20 drachmas, 230 drachmas;
other sacrificial animals, 30, of Dikaios, price apart from the earnest money which he gave, at 10 drachmas, 110 drachmas;
together 456 drachmas.
... of Dikaios ... 8 drachmas
...-sikles for use 4
[...]... sacrificial animals to Tanis
[verso]
We sent to ...-ikles 35 (?)
young pigs 47 (?)
males 53, total 135
and there were rejected in Krokodilopolis as unfit ... 1
young pigs 2 ... 1
[... 4 lines lost ...]
receipt
The Greek term apartia (here restored) refers to goods or property; the animals were probably sold off by the government after Dikaios' property was seized. 'Hiereia' normally means sacrificial animals, here likely pigs.
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 a purchase of pigs). 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.4.59769
[r] [… ? lines lost …] […]… ὧν ἐπρίατο ἀπὸ τῆς Δικαίου ἀπαρτείας χωρὶς ἀρραβῶνος οὗ ἔδωκεν δραχμῶν δέκα δραχμὰς κη, ἄλλων ἱερείων κ τιμὴν δραχμὰς δ…, με… δελφακίων ὁμαλῶν ρ ὧν ἐπρίατο ἀπὸ τῆς Δικαίου ἀπαρτείας τιμὴν χωρὶς ἀρραβῶνος οὗ ἔδωκεν δραχμῶν κ δραχμὰς σλ, ἄλλων ἱερείων λ …