Account of sheep
An account of sheep.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1395
Account of sheep losses and travel expenses for fodder TM 1395Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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Fragment of an account concerning a flock of sheep, recording losses (including animals stolen) of lambs and full-grown sheep and a remainder of about 490 head. It then lists money received from Sostratos, 16 silver drachmas, and expenses for hay and a guide at various villages along the way. From Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid 3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
[…]
and lambs […]
of the lambs […]
and in Tmoi[…] (?) […]
stole (?) […]
Total loss 10, of which
lambs 5, full-grown [5]
remaining 490 […]
[…] lambs 5, total […]
full-grown 5 […]
I received from Sostratos
16 drachmas of silver, of which expenditure:
at Touni for hay 1 drachma 1 obol
at Takona hay 2 (obols)
to a guide 2 obols
in the (village) of Polemon
hay 2 (obols) 1 obol (?)
at Pekerk[…]
[…]
The expense entries suggest the flock was being driven through several Fayum villages, paying for hay at each stop. Some figures for hay are ambiguous in the edition and their units (obols) are inferred.
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 sheep). 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.4.59770
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