Daily account 254-250 BC
Daily account of receipts and expenditures for Choiak 27 to Tybi 1; these two columns were followed by PSI VI 625 and P.Cair.Zen. IV 59799 which contain the account for the rest of Tybi
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Daily account of receipts and expenses, probably of a bath TM 1424Philadelphia (Arsinoites)254 BCE – 250 BCE
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 7 records across 3 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
A daily money account from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the Fayum, listing receipts and then expenses for the 12th to 14th of a month. The expenses, including payments to bath attendants who poured water and a guard of the bronze vessels, suggest it is the account of a public bath.
In English machine translation
12th. From the account 11 drachmas 2 obols
and there was added 13 drachmas 1/2 obol
and another 13 drachmas 5 obols 1 chalkous
[…] 13 drachmas 3 1/2 1/4 obols
Total 51 drachmas 5 obols 3 chalkoi
Expenditure
12th. To the bath-pourers (paracheutai) 1 drachma
To the guard of the copper vessels 1 1/4 obols
To the […] 4 drachmas (?) 5 obols
To the […] 3 obols
[…] 1 drachma 2 obols
For 2 pack animals and a donkey-driver 3 obols
[…]
Total 8 drachmas 5 1/4 obols
13th. To the same 4 drachmas 4 1/2 obols
14th. To the same 4 drachmas 4 1/4 obols
Total 18 drachmas 2 obols; remainder 33 drachmas 3 obols 3 chalkoi
Paracheutai were bath attendants who poured water over bathers; the account appears to continue a series covering the month of Tybi. Several payee names are damaged and uncertain.
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 Receipts and Expenditures). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Account concerning a bath
An account concerning a bath. From various items one may infer that this was an account of the receipts and expenses of a balaneion.
p.cair.zen.4.59799
ιβ ἐκ λόγου δραχμαὶ ια διώβολον καὶ προσεγένετο δραχμαὶ ιγ ἡμιωβέλιον καὶ ἄλλαι δραχμαὶ ιγ πεντώβολον χαλκοῦς 1 …[…] δραχμαὶ ιγ ὀβολοὶ γ 𐅵 δ γίνονται δραχμαὶ να πεντώβολον χαλκοῖ γ ἀνήλωμα ιβ παραχύταις δραχμὴ α χαλκιοφύλακι ὀβολὸς α δ αντ…ταις δ πεντώβολον […]ταις τριώβολον ολ………
p.col.3.37
[r,1] κζ δραχμαὶ ιβ ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 τέταρτον ὀβολοῦ κη δραχμαὶ ι χαλκοῖ ζ κθ δραχμαὶ ια ὀβολὸς χαλκοῖ ε λ δραχμαὶ ιγ διώβολον Τῦβι α δραχμαὶ ιζ διώβολον γίνονται ξδ διώβολον τέταρτον ὀβολοῦ ἀνήλωμα κζ δραχμαὶ δ ὀβολὸς κη δραχμαὶ δ ὀβολὸς καὶ πλινθουλκοῖς Χαιᾶπι εἰς μυριάδας β δραχμαὶ …