Fragment of account
A fragment of an account.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1425
Fragment of an account of expenses for repairs and wages TM 1425Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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A fragment of an account of expenses from the Zenon archive, recording small payments in drachmas and obols. Entries include payment to a craftsman who repaired a shield and an advance to a worker in tow (flax fibre). It dates to the mid 3rd century BC, from Philadelphia in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] to those who sent the things around (?) […]
[…] at 1 obol 6 chalkoi each, total 5 drachmas 1 1/2 obols
[…] to the […]-maker who repaired the shield and the
[…] board (?), 3 obols
[…] to the tow-worker, as an advance, 5 drachmas 3 obols
[…]
"Thyreos" usually means a large shield but can also denote a door-like board; the word partly preserved before it is incomplete. "Prochresis" is an advance payment.
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). 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.4.59800
[… ? lines lost …] […]εοις τὰ ἀμφ[…]ἀποστείλασιν[…] […] ἀνὰ ὀβολὸν χαλκοῦς ϛ γίνονται δραχμαὶ ε ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 […]ποιῶι τῶι τὸν θυρεὸν ἐπισκευάσαντι καὶ τὴν […]νακίδα τριώβολον […] στιππυουργῶι πρόχρησιν δραχμαὶ ε τριώβολον [… ? lines lost …]