Fragment of an account of sheep
A fragment of an account of the sums owed by shepherds who had leased sheep either from the Crown or from private owners.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1397
Account of dues owed by shepherds for leased sheep TM 1397Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)About 250 B.C.
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Fragment of an account from the Zenon archive recording sums owed for leased sheep, including animals from the royal (crown) stock, calculated at 2 drachmas 3 obols per head per year over periods of months. One entry charges Paous son of Ameneus for 71 sheep over 17 months. It dates to about 250 BC, from Philadelphia in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
[… lines lost …]
and of those from the royal (stock), 50 (sheep),
from Mecheir of year 34
to Epeiph of year 35,
18 months, at 2 drachmas 3 obols per
year, total […] drachmas
to the same […] 26 drachmas 3 obols.
Against Paous son of Ameneus, from Phamenoth
of year 35 to Mesore of year 36,
17 months, at 2 drachmas 3 obols, 71 sheep, per
year, total 1… drachmas 3 obols.
The regnal years 34 to 36 are those of Ptolemy II Philadelphos (about 252 to 250 BC). The letter after 'royal' is read as the numeral 50, the number of crown sheep.
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 account concerning 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.4.59772
[… ? lines lost …] καὶ τῶν ἐκ βασιλικοῦ ν ἀπὸ Μεχεὶρ τοῦ λδ ἔτους ἕως Ἐπεὶφ τοῦ λε ἔτους μηνῶν ιη ἀνὰ δραχμὰς β τριώβολον τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ γίνονται δραχμαὶ […] εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ[…]…κϛ τριώβολον πρὸς Παοῦν Ἀμενέως ἀπὸ Φαμενὼθ τοῦ λε ἔτους ἕως Μεσορὴ τοῦ λϛ ἔτους μηνῶν ιζ ἀνὰ δραχμὰς β τριώβ…