Account of money
On the recto slight remains of two columns of an agricultural account. On the verso a small money account; one of the sums was paid in gold.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1419
Agricultural account and money account with sums in gold TM 1419Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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A small papyrus from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia, mid 3rd century BC. The recto preserves a few crop names (chickpea, lettuce, bean) from an agricultural account; the verso has a short money account listing sums received from Proitos and Ktesios, partly paid in gold.
In English machine translation
[recto, column 1]
[… lines lost …]
[recto, column 2]
[… lines lost …]
chickpea
lettuce
bean
[verso]
Another. I have, which […]
from Proitos […]
others from the bag […]
and of gold […]
from Proitos […]
from Ktesios […]
Total of gold […]
The word marsippos means a purse or bag for money. The actual sums are lost in every line.
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 money). 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.4.59794
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